From Japan, the world’s first! An online Kintsugi matching platform, “Tsugutsugu,” that you can do at home!
2020.08.30
Traditional technology online matching from Japan that connects people and things! There is a connection with a nice “Kintsugi Strike” here.
“Tsugutsugu” is a traditional technology matching platform that allows anyone to easily ask a craftsman to repair a vessel or to sell or purchase a broken vessel or a vessel.
Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese technique for repairing broken pottery, but it is not only for expensive items. You can use things that you can’t throw away for a long time, such as an important mug you got from your grandson or a memorial vessel that you bought to commemorate your trip. Although it is a single-use modern day, when it breaks, it is thrown away. “Tsugutsugu” is where anyone can easily ask a craftsman to repair a piecing joint and connect their memories to a new favorite.
What is Kintsugi?
The only accelerating boom in the lacquer industry, which is a traditional craft that continues to decline, is the Kintsugi. Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese restoration technique that uses a natural material called lacquer to bond cracked or chipped vessels and decorate the cracks with gold powder or silver powder so that they can be reused. It has been attracting attention from overseas due to its ecological appeal that allows you to use memorable items for a long time and the unique artistic quality of Japan that makes you stand out from scratches.
“Tsugutsugu” connects people who want to value things. “Tsugutsugu” is an IT platform that is unique in the world and connects people who want to fix broken vessels, people who want to repair them, and people who want to challenge kintsugi. Anyone can feel free to request a traditional technique from a Kintsugi craftsman, a Kintsugi store or other craftsman engaged in handwork. In addition to repairing broken vessels by piecing, craftsmen can provide individual skills as services, purchase and sell piecing vessels that are not sold well, and request manual work other than piecing.
Through this matching of traditional culture, we want to value the spirit of “mottainai” in the age of mass production and consumption and support the creation of a sustainable society. Furthermore, I would like to contribute to the development of the declining lacquer industry by communicating the charm of traditional culture to the younger generation and increasing the opportunities for craftsmen who are involved in handwork.
Secretly boom, the future of Kintsugi girls
Kintsugi has been attracting attention among women and housewives, and the number of women who are learning to study Kintsugi is increasing.
For those who want to learn Kintsugi, we will also sell a broken bowl for practice that is hard to get at “Tsugutsugu”. There are also many aspects to foster people who want to challenge the development of traditional crafts and Kintsugi.
Representative Yuki Matano worked at a major pharmaceutical company, had a trilingual acquaintance while studying abroad, and earned an MBA (Master of Business Administration). We started the running kNotPerfect Co., Ltd. this spring.
I want to spread Kintsugi to the world. I want to make traditional Japanese handwork more accessible. We would like to make “Tsugutsugu” a versatile technique that has existed in Japan for a long time, and make it easy for people who are interested in craftsmen and their works and methods to connect, connect, and play. To that end, tradition and IT have been innovatively fused in this way.
Free registration of “tsugutsugu” is from “tsugu2.com”. In the blog on the company homepage, we introduce many Kintsugi craftsmen. In the future, we plan to support multiple languages so that foreigners can use “Tsugutsugu”.
“Tsugutsugu” connects you and the craftsmen who value goods.
