Ava Roth Collaborates with Insects to Create ‘Kintsu-Bee’ Ceramic Vessels

Ava Roth has created a new series of ceramic vessels titled "Kintsu-Bee," in which she collaborates with honeybees to repair broken ceramics. The bees build honeycomb structures that fill cracks, replace missing handles, or mend fissures, echoing the Japanese kintsugi tradition of repairing broken pottery with metallic lacquer. Roth guides the bees around forms, resulting in hybrid objects that are part human-made ceramic and part insect-built comb.