art – A Kintsugi Life

Kintsugi and the cookie jar

Kenetha Gifts of kintsugi gold, Guest posts August 7, 2024May 30, 2026art, healing, kintsugi, loss

Guest post author Cathy Ross reflects on the gifts of kintsugi gold she has found in the healing that she is doing after the deeply painful loss of her husband.

Icons of a kintsugi faith

Kenetha A Kintsugi Faith May 13, 2013May 30, 2026art, brokenness, Christianity, faith, healing, kintsugi, kintsukuroi, wrestle

“Icons of a Kintsugi Faith” is a set of five icon-like pieces in polymer clay that illustrate five different Christian beliefs. Each has each been broken and repaired in a kintsugi-like manner to mimic the way that life experience breaks open our belief systems and to express the faith that our re-assembling of our beliefs in fresh new ways after these breaks adds to their depth and beauty.

Creative work as prayer

Kenetha A Kintsugi Faith April 29, 2013May 30, 2026art, brokenness, creativity, Divine, faith, prayer

My understanding of prayer has shifted over time from a very word-based exercise to a more expansive one that allows even my creative work to be a form of prayer in a real and engaging way.