She works so hard, and has overcome so many challenges that she deserves a necklace that celebrates and recognizes all of her efforts! This elegant kintsugi pendant necklace embraces the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold lacquer, known as Kintsugi (金継ぎ, "golden joinery"), or Kintsukuroi (金繕い, "golden repair"). This traditional technique aims to accentuate the imperfections of the broken pottery, as the beautiful features of a renewed art piece, and is a powerful metaphor for personal development, and healing and recovery from adversity. Just like broken pottery, we too can splinter, break, and be forever changed. But like the mended golden fractures of kintsugi, our broken parts can be repaired, and we realize greater strength and resilience in our imperfections, and can accept and celebrate the unique beauty of who we are. With this traditional Japanese art form also incorporating the Zen Buddhist concept of "wabi sabi" (the beauty of imperfect things), this kintsugi necklace makes a meaningful gift for one who needs support for strength and encouragement, and makes a symbolic encouragement gift for her birthday, graduation, friendship, a new job, recovery, divorce, or break up.

Each kintsugi necklace pendant is unique, handmade from a repurposed china plate with an ivory crackle finish, renewed with a golden seam, set into a gold plated sterling silver setting, and paired with a gold plated sterling silver diamond cut rope chain.