kintsugi; golden joinery
Traditional Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed with gold, silver, or other precious metals, highlighting the cracks rather than hiding them.
My grandmother repaired the broken tea bowl with kintsugi.
Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese technique that turns flaws into beauty.
Compound of 金 (kin, 'gold') + 継ぎ (tsugi, 'joining, patching'), from the verb 継ぐ (tsugu, 'to join, to patch').