Kintsugi is the Japanese technique of repairing broken ceramics by highlighting the break with a gold pour, rather than hiding it. Marcantonio has turned this into a collection for Seletti: white porcelain is crossed by veins of gold that trace imagined fractures; the object was never broken, it ...
Kintsugi is the Japanese technique of repairing broken ceramics by highlighting the break with a gold pour, rather than hiding it. Marcantonio has turned this into a collection for Seletti: white porcelain is crossed by veins of gold that trace imagined fractures; the object was never broken, it is molded this way.
The network of veins changes from one reference to another. Three designs coexist, numbered No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3, so that two pieces placed side by side do not feature the same fracture. The collection covers a complete set—plates, bowls, cups, mugs, glasses, teapot, carafe, tray—and extends to decorative pieces: a skull, a piggy bank, a lucky horn, two vases, and a lamp.
The manufacturer marks most tableware items as "dishwasher safe": plates, bowls, mugs, glasses, tray. This is not the case for the carafe, teapot, tea sets, or vases. The cutlery is made of steel and the lampshade is a lighting fixture, both of which are exceptions.
