These Japanese tea ceremony pins were designed by an artist in Norway. Her pieces reflect the Zen Buddhism philosophies of satisfaction with simplicity (wabi 侘) and the appreciation for the imperfect (sabi 寂). Even after a piece of ceramic breaks, it should continue to deserve our attention and respect. Rather than discarding the broken pieces, we should carefully rejoin them, and stand back to admire the beauty, with the light shining upon the cracked veins of gold; this is also known as the art form of Kintsugi, kin=gold tsugi=joinery.