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A void that waits to be filled — Chip

The vessel learning to be whole again

Where lack becomes new scenery

A small chip spilled from the rim. By filling what was lost with gold, the chip is no longer an absence.
Incompleteness becomes the beginning of a new scenery.

Pale blue square vase — chip on the rim repaired with kintsugi (Atelier KYM)

Pale Blue Square Vase — Urushi Kintsugi

Chip

A square pillar vase, standing quietly.
The chip at its mouth was filled with gold, adding a single line of scenery to its pale blue calm.

ID: AK-2024-001 Technique: Traditional Urushi Kintsugi Finish: Gold powder / Black Urushi Year: 2024 Size: H 25.5cm × W 5.3cm × D 1.7cm
Kiseto tea bowl — chip on the rim repaired with kintsugi (Atelier KYM)

Kiseto Tea Bowl — Urushi Kintsugi

Chip

A warm, yellow-glazed Kiseto tea bowl.
The chip on its rim was traced in gold — becoming, like the well-used glaze, a part of the vessel's character.

ID: AK-2025-001 Technique: Traditional Urushi Kintsugi Finish: Gold powder / Black Urushi Year: 2025 Size: H 6.5cm × Dia. 9.0cm
Ash-glazed shallow bowl — small chip on the rim repaired with kintsugi (Atelier KYM)

Ash-glazed Shallow Bowl — Urushi Kintsugi

Chip

A shallow ash-glazed bowl with softly carved lines.
A small chip on the rim was filled with a point of silver, casting a quiet light onto the table.
Brushed with shuai-urushi, the silver gradually takes on the warm look of sprinkled gold — an old wisdom that conjured a golden scenery without relying on gold itself.

ID: AK-2025-002 Technique: Traditional Urushi Kintsugi Finish: Silver powder / Shuai-urushi (朱合漆) Year: 2025 Size: H 5.0cm × Top 12.5cm × Bottom 5.6cm
White and dark-brown cup — chip on the rim repaired with kintsugi (Atelier KYM)

White & Dark-brown Cup — Urushi Kintsugi

Chip

A cup divided cleanly into white and dark brown.
The chip on its rim was rejoined in silver, lending a small silver glow to every daily sip.
A single brush of shuai-urushi over the silver lets it glow like sprinkled gold — the same quiet wisdom of earlier craftspeople.

ID: AK-2025-003 Technique: Traditional Urushi Kintsugi Finish: Silver powder / Shuai-urushi (朱合漆) Year: 2025 Size: H 8.5cm × Top 9.0cm × Bottom 5.6cm