Beauty and Editorial

Broken Beauty (Golden Joinery)

Look A: Mikawachi Personified

Modelled by Ann Thapa

Photographed by Nick Wiltshire

Mikawachi Personified is the first piece in the Broken Beauty (Golden Joinery) series and takes inspiration from the Japanese art form of Kintsugi and traditional Mikawachi porcelain. Kintsugi celebrates the beauty in imperfection and uses gold lacquer as a way of repairing broken pottery to highlight its journey.

Taking inspiration from Mikawachi porcelain of the Edo period, this piece also features a traditional Shimada hairstyle that was commonly worn during this time. The look also features both floral motifs and dragon tail chopsticks in the hair, which link to the typical designs commonly featured on Japanese pottery.

Look B: Broken Beauty

Modelled by Madeline Knell

Photographed by Nick Wiltshire

The piece Broken Beauty has been designed to further represent the beauty in imperfection and has been captured in a way that showcases longing for repair. The piece utilises the medium of fuller’s earth to link back to the initial pottery concept and further emphasises the idea of broken down beauty.

By photographing this look in the reflection of a mirror that appears to have been repaired with Kintsugi, the two pieces are linked together, with Look B longing to be repaired in the same way as Look A. This piece further symbolises beauty in imperfection and showcases the pottery concept using unconventional methods that aren’t usually showcased in mainstream media.