I don’t think pottery can be repaired in a way that restores function. There are no epoxies or glues that can repair it and leave it food safe and able to store hot liquids for long periods. It’s just broken now.
Thank you for your service, comrade mug. There’s a perfectly good mug at the thrift store waiting for a new home, go find one when you’re ready
Melting gold as a glue? 🫠
was gonna say kintsugi may technically fit the bill but idk how accessible that really is/how functional the final product is for hot stuff. the wiki page on it does show a tea kettle with the spout repaired so maybe it could work?
e: nooo i can’t read it’s a “wine ewer” whatever the christ that is
it’s a tool for getting a sheep into a bottle of wine
Here I’ve been doing it manually like a dang scrub
i’m a fan of the derived term “ewerer”
which is someone who provides ewer services
the existence of wine ewers suggests an assortment of ewers for putting sheep into various other fluids, but is the ewer really going to be that different? i mean, i’m out of my depth here. i’m completely unfamiliar with the art and craft of eweing. but i have to imagine that a wine ewer can function as a water ewer in a pinch, eh?
Genuine kintsugi is well beyond my budget and skill level unfortunately
yeah that makes sense. it was just the only thing that came to mind. either way i’m sorry you lost something that mattered to you.
:/ that’s tough
When I try to tell people why I get attached to objects, I’m usually able to explain it to neurotypicals in a way that they can understand (if they’re willing to listen to me yap)
For me at least, it’s not the actual item I’m holding on to, it’s how I use the item to keep track of moments in time that will otherwise be forgotten. Like how someone would be upset when they lose all photos of memorable moments, sometimes I can simply look at an item I hold dear and remember moments that way. It’s not the same anymore once it’s been bandaged up. Part of me recognizes that nothing lasts forever and all I can do is push forward while making new memories.
Hope this gives you a new perspective
kintsugi lacquer is food safe and heat-stable enough that they use it for teapots, that might be an option
Takes a lot of money and skill unfortunately
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i love my special mug, I’m sorry yours is out of commission :(
If you’re struggling to let it go, then even if it’s finished its job as a food-safe mug, you can superglue (cyanoacrylate) it together and still use it ornamentally i.e. store pens, grow a little plant etc. I’ve got a little cluster of old mugs growing cactuses on the windowsill in the kitchen.
Good luck on finding a new mug that feels right.
Not me side eying my growing shelf of broken mugs holding my growing collection of wooden pencils, lol
Much sympathy!
Mugs are like pets, you wish you could live the same amount of time but they’re gonna die sooner than you.
I’m really sorry that happened to you. MY wife got a new cat that I wasn’t 100% sold on and one of the first things it did was knock my favourite mug, that I similarly used for years, off the counter and into oblivion.
It took me a very long time to not resent the cat for that
All of my sympathy, friend. I have a couple specific mugs I rotate through and I would (will) be devastated if (when) they break. I can’t even get rid of the special ones when they do break, I always fix them up best I can and use them to hold stuff / decorate my shelves
My condolences. I’ve used gold glitter hot glue gun sticks to repair an old mug that now holds pens and pencils on my shelf. May your next favorite drinking mug live long and stay sturdy.
Maybe you can repair it potentially, but if you can’t you still put it to good use for years while appreciating it’s unique presence.
spoiler
‘The tea cup was always broken’ is a Zen koan, a short teaching on the truth of impermance, and how accepting this truth can helps us to be mindful of our everyday connections to the people and things around us knowing that one day it will change/break/end.
One of mine started leaking. I didn’t really feel like trying to repair with epoxy.
Kintsugi might work? Idk how it handles heat but its worth looking into
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