TIL that the Japanese will repair broken pottery with powder gold lacquer to highlight imperfections, not hide them. The process is called Kintsugi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi



Submitted April 13, 2015 at 06:52PM by welcomechallenge http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/32ft32/til_that_the_japanese_will_repair_broken_pottery/