Black Kintsugi Necklace handmade with Broken Pottery

This elegant black kintsugi jewelry necklace embraces the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold lacquer, known as Kintsugi (金継ぎ, "golden joinery"), or Kintsukuroi (金繕い, "golden repair"). This traditional technique aims to accentuate the imperfections of the broken pottery, as the beautifully broken features of a renewed art piece. Each kintsugi necklace pendant is unique, handmade from a repurposed Japanese Minoyaki porcelain plate, renewed with a golden seam, set into a gold plated sterling silver setting, and paired with a gold plated sterling silver diamond cut rope chain.

Kintsugi is a powerful metaphor for personal development, as well as healing and recovery from adversity. Just like broken pottery, we too can splinter, break, and be forever changed. But like the mended golden fractures of kintsugi, our broken parts can be repaired, and we realize greater strength and resilience in our imperfections, and can accept and celebrate the unique beauty of who we are. With this traditional Japanese art form also incorporating the Zen Buddhist concept of "wabi sabi" (the beauty of imperfect things), this elegant kintsugi necklace makes a meaningful necklace gift for one who needs support for recovery, healing, strength and encouragement for a new beginning.