The project "Kintsugi" explores the beauty in imperfection, inspired by the Japanese art of kintsugi, where broken ceramics are repaired with gold or silver to emphasize, rather than hide, their cracks. In this project, we create a minimalist portrait that visualizes the process of breaking and mending.

Starting with a 3D scan of a team member's face, we generate a point cloud and transform it into a fractured porcelain-like mesh. Using C#, we simulate cracks by selecting random lines on the face and extending them, controlling the crack pattern with parameters such as crack length, seed, and number. We then mend these cracks, overlaying them with the visual motifs of gold and celadon to bring new life to the fractured face, resulting in a refined representation that celebrates flaws as marks of growth.