Someone in my street keeps harassing me and my family, and I lost my temper 2 days ago and whacked a bunch of things off a shelf. One of the heavier things ended up falling on my soup bowl and smashed a third of it. That specific soup bowl has been discontinued for many years. The manufacturer did make very similar soup bowls just with a different pattern on them, but they’re old and only being sold on places like Ebay. I’m going to take the bowl out of the trash tomorrow and measure it in detail and maybe post it on Facebook to see if anyone has this bowl. I feel like a whole bunch of nice memories have been literally smashed, like that bowl was with me for all that time and I smashed it by accident. That bowl was like a friend and reminded me of a time in my life where I was happy so just ordering some generic soup bowl that isn’t extremely similar or the same is going to remind me of what I’ve lost.
If you can find all the pieces, have you heard of kintsugi?
If not, it’s a Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics with gold, creating something new and beautiful out of the destruction as the cracks become gold veins running through the piece.
Maybe you could find a craftsman or at least experienced hobbyist in your area who could repair it like that?
Just got what seems like most or all the pieces out of the trash. Nearly all of the part of the plate I put food in is intact so it looks like a very fat crescent moon shape. I have not heard of kintsugi but if there’s any people doing it in my area I’ll give it a go so thanks!
You can buy a kit online and do it at home with a guide or video.
Why do you care about people doing it in your area? :D