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My antique doll restoration business hit a snag when I dropped a $500 bisque head last Tuesday
It shattered into five pieces on my concrete garage floor, but I ended up learning more about Kintsugi repair in two hours than I did in six months of traditional methods. Has anyone else had a total failure turn into a better technique?
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logan_mitchell29d ago
Man, that's rough but honestly kind of cool how it worked out. So you're basically gluing a shattered face back together with gold powder - does that change how you handle the price or do you keep the Kintsugi look visible as a design choice? I'm curious if customers see the cracks as flaws or as art.
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keith_bennett28d ago
Charge more for the dramatic look, people love that broken-but-fixed story.
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foster.jordan28d ago
@logan_mitchell Honestly I think keeping the gold lines visible is the whole point. People pay more for that look because it tells a story. You're not hiding the damage, you're making it part of the design. Customers either get it or they don't, and the ones who get it are usually willing to pay extra. It's like showing your scars instead of covering them up. The cracks become the art, not the flaw.
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