Something 50 www. n A PAVA L L E Y L I F Emagaz ine .com Old Sometimes old, weathered, and seasoned can be more beautiful than new. The Japanese have a tradition of repairing broken pots with a lacquer resin laced with gold, a process called kintsugi. Repairing the pot this way sets off the flaw and is considered by many to enhance the pot’s beauty and value, giving it new life and a visible history, and making it more precious than before it was broken. Californians generate over 50 million tons of waste each year according to the state of California’s official website. Much of that “waste” is made up of wood, metal, glass and other materials that could, like a cracked Japanese pot, be repaired, reused and repurposed. Living as we are in a use-it-and-throw-it-away society, it’s easy to become complacent about what we toss in the trash. But some in the North Bay are working to reverse this trend, finding new uses and new life for discarded items that would otherwise disappear forever into our landfills. Artist and designer Seth Richardson is part of this vanguard of creative thinkers who are re-envisioning the old use-it-and-throw-itaway paradigm. After years in the construction Something Renewed North Bay artisan and designer Seth Richardson repurposes cast-off materials and gives them new life as art article by Jim Brum 5 0 www. n A PAVA L L E Y L I F Emagaz ine .com Seth Richardson
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