so - I got a kintsugi kit to repair some sentimental pottery that was dropped by a housemate. I always think 'oh what a beautiful metaphor maybe this time I'll do it', and this time I did!
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continued storytime invovling a rash
however, it turns out that the urushi sap that is the foundation of all the various parts of the process is in from the same plant family as poison ivy and friends
re: continued storytime invovling a rash
so I am now covered in a giant rash and it feels very ~re learning the same things long ago ones already learned~ https://www.entoten.com/2019/05/05/kintsugi-an-ancient-japanese-repairing-technique-using-urushi-lacquer/ learn more here (: