So this was my first attempt with 2 cheap broken sake cups
I used some 2 part clear epoxy mixed with some gold mica powder, both from the internet for a few quid.
mixed a bit of the 2 part with some mica powder, first learning don't need to use much of the powder to get a good coloured epoxy.
then slathered it on with a lolly stick, I did it quite thickly as I wanted it to come from the seams/joins and be obvious.
The first cup (the one with more breaks) will need some more work and cleaning up, some sources on the internet suggested that i sprinkle some mica powder over the still tacky resin, this just seems to make a mess and doesn't add much in my opinion to the finish. but means there's a lot more cleaning up to do.
But here are the cups after mending, the more broken one will be touched up and some more of the mica/expoxy mix used to fill a couple of the deeper cracks, but I'm really happy with the other one.
And here's a bit I wrote (not quite a poem)
Golden Re-Joining and the eternal dance
Within these sake cups we can see the ways we’ve tried to make something beautiful, yet often failed, and left what we tried to create scarred and broken.
But in the history of breaks, cracks and fractures I can see the struggle not just to keep something beautiful but to create something more beautiful, and maybe the commitment to that struggle is the most beautiful thing.
Maybe we can see our love in this eternal dance itself.
