Upcycling as an art form
There is an ancient Japanese art where broken pottery is lovingly and painstakingly repaired. Instead of trying to hide the damage, the cracks are highlighted with precious metals, like gold, silver, or platinum. It is called Kintsugi which translates to joining with gold.
“The story of kintsugi…may be the most perfect embodiment of all our trauma-shattered lives... Instead of throwing away the broken beloved pottery, we’ll fix it in a way that doesn’t pretend it hasn’t been broken but honors the breaking—and more so, the surviving—by highlighting those repaired seams with gold lacquer. Now the object is functional once again and dignified, not discarded. It’s stronger and even more valuable because of its reinforced, golden scars.”—Jay Wolf
https://www.vaneetha.com/journal/kintsugi-beauty-in-the-broken