Before mass production became widespread, due to the scarcity and value of everyday items, it was a common practice to repair damaged ceramics. Besides rejoining broken ceramics for continued use, people also utilized a technique of pinning the ceramic cracks to make them more durable, making ceramic repair a widely practiced craft in local communities.
In the history of cultural relics, past people even engaged in the art of ceramic repair, particularly for precious porcelain collectibles. The scars left by the repairs represented the stories and rebirth of the objects, ultimately adding a unique and special value to the collectibles.
Ceramic mended craft have long lost it's purpose and have been left behind as fragments of history. Yet, we always carry a hope to compensate for what we have missed in the past. We seek to retrieve those lost and beautiful moments from our memories.
Nowadays, it is no longer practical to mend bowls and plates. Instead, the redesigned appearance of mended ceramics is being reinterpreted on tableware, aiming to reintroduce the delicacy features of mended into consumers' lives. As people use exquisite porcelain to serve meals at the dining table, they can also reminisce about the historical significance of artifacts from the modest past.
