Broken pot club

[liltrees]

Well guys,
I've joined the club. Broken Yamaaki

Fedex driver casually threw the box at my porch. Despite being crated I knew it was toast the second I picked it up.

I reached out to the seller and depending on the outcome I might try to do some type of repair. Stay tuned!

 

[ABCarve]

Thread 'Kintsugi for beginners'

Apr 19, 2019

As an old guy who is working on auto-pilot 60% of the time, I broke a leg off one of my favorite pots putting it away last fall. This begins my journey. The tree was in need of a repot so I bagged the root ball for the 1-1/2 days it took to complete.

Supplies
Pure "patent" gold leaf.....Got the gold on amazon. It’s “patent gold” which means it is slightly adhered to tissue paper and easy to pick up and place. JB weld is the only adhesive I’ve found that will hold well on ceramics.

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[liltrees]

Oh trust me I've been absorbing as much pot repair knowledge as I can. The forums have been super helpful.

 

[rockm]

Simple break might be a tight fix with some epoxy. David @lieuz might be able to offer some advice. He's a great resource on kintsugi and does fantastic work.

Repaired pots may or may not be useable depending on the fix.

 

[liltrees]

Simple break might be a tight fix with some epoxy. David @lieuz might be able to offer some advice. He's a great resource on kintsugi and does fantastic work.

Repaired pots may or may not be useable depending on the fix.

I should have attended NVBS last month haha. It looks like he was doing a workshop on it.

On the bright side, the seller has already issued a refund so I'm cleared to start fixing.

 

[ShimpakuBonsai]

I think this is a nice candidate to repair with some epoxy if you don't have any experience with (real) kintsugi.

About a year ago I repaired my first partly broken pot with some epoxy (click).
The pot was missing a piece out of the rim of the pot but there were no cracks what so ever.

After this first repair I got convidence enough to try it again on more difficult repairs when the time comes.

Have fun repairing the Yamaaki pot!

 

[rockm]

You’re lucky in the sense it looks like a clean two piece break. UPS hand me a Ron Lang pot in a crushed box that sounds like broken glass it was smashed into five or six larger pieces and dozens of smaller pieces and some dust

I epoxied back together and might use it as a training pot but structurally it’s. It’s not trustworthy

 

[Paradox]

Hope you or the seller reported it to FedEx.
Really wish delivery drivers would be more considerate of people's packages.

 

[liltrees]

I think this is a nice candidate to repair with some epoxy if you don't have any experience with (real) kintsugi.

About a year ago I repaired my first partly broken pot with some epoxy (click).
The pot was missing a piece out of the rim of the pot but there were no cracks what so ever.

After this first repair I got convidence enough to try it again on more difficult repairs when the time comes.

Have fun repairing the Yamaaki pot!

Thats what Im leaning toward. While I appreciate the effort and knowledge involved in traditional kintsugi, I've worked with 2 part epoxy enough to trust its mechanical strength when prepared properly. And it's quick.

 

[liltrees]

You’re lucky in the sense it looks like a clean two piece break. UPS hand me a Ron Lang pot in a crushed box that sounds like broken glass it was smashed into five or six larger pieces and dozens of smaller pieces and some dust

I epoxied back together and might use it as a training pot but structurally it’s. It’s not trustworthy

Yep! Clean two piece break (other than some dust).

As luck would have it, the yamaaki production stamp was directly in the path of the break

 

[mwar15]

You’re lucky in the sense it looks like a clean two piece break. UPS hand me a Ron Lang pot in a crushed box that sounds like broken glass it was smashed into five or six larger pieces and dozens of smaller pieces and some dust

I epoxied back together and might use it as a training pot but structurally it’s. It’s not trustworthy

It’s too bad people don’t package pots better

 

[Wulfskaar]

I got a cheap set of pots from amazon. One was broken, but with amazon, it's a quick replacement. I did have to send the broken pot back, so no wabi sabi action on that.

 

[rockm]

It’s too bad people don’t package pots better

Wasn't the potter's fault. I've ordered many pots from Ron over the years. Packaged very well. From the breakage pattern, it appears to have been smashed by something either dropped from a distance or applied with extreme force. The impact area on the pot was turned to dust. The force required to break the pot through six layers of bubble wrap, five inches of plastic peanuts, an interior box with peanuts--was considerable. Point is breaks happen.

 

[BrightsideB]

After having several of my pots break in the transit I did some digging to figure out the likely cause.

It seems most pots break at the hubs while traveling on the conveyor belts. People who work there say they see larger boxes smash into smaller ones. The main problem isn’t the initial smash but the crunch between boxes. That energy becomes a problem for what is in the box being sandwiched. Usually why the pot is broken on one side. Then possible a fracture along the base.

Also the handler dropping them is bad. But if it is packed in a way to absorb shock then it’s less likely to break.

I now pack a lot of my larger pots in a box that fits well. Then another box about 2-4” larger with padding. So double boxed. The extra $3-$5 is worth it. I haves dropped them and smashed them and the pot isn’t affected.

I think @liltrees pot broke from a drop though. Probably from the handler like they said. FedEx is my last resort when shipping.

 

[liltrees]

JB Weld time. I used a flap disc on my grinder to taper the edges and create a channel for the material.

 

[lieuz]

Good luck!

Looks like another desktop repair station lol .

 

[liltrees]

Its not going to win any beauty contests but its solid and personally I think the gold leaf contrast well with the pot.

 

[Gabler]

There needs to be some accountability for the drivers. When I worked for a Budweiser distributor, the stores only paid for the cases delivered intact, so we had to be very careful with the glass bottles, protected only by a thin layer of corrugated board. I don't understand why UPS and FedEx drivers can't follow the same rules.

 

[rockm]

There needs to be some accountability for the drivers. When I worked for a Budweiser distributor, the stores only paid for the cases delivered intact, so we had to be very careful with the glass bottles, protected only by a thin layer of corrugated board. I don't understand why UPS and FedEx drivers can't follow the same rules.

Fwiw I don’t think most damage is done by drivers. It’s done in processing centers where there are lots of heavy moving parts. Drivers may break pots throwing them on porches etc but forklifts conveyor belts packing into large cargo containers etc has more weight and inertia going on