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it's difficult to touch broken glass and dishware without getting cut. i think the safety problem would overrule any practical usage.

I see junk. Throw it away or break it up for someone's mosaic.

I do have a teacup that has a hairline crack in it -- I wouldn't feel right letting anyone drink out of it, but it is perfect for holding a single beautiful stemless blossom (right now housing a peony).

But...I do agree that the pitcher above looks jagged and jarring to my eye.

While I have to admire the ideal of using something until it wears out and can serve no purpose, or trying to make something nice from the parts forever and ever, you know, because it's green, I also have to say this is also the mentality that encourages hoarding. Sure, there may be some beauty in an imperfect or recently useful item, and it's nice to see things that way sometimes. But at other times, everything can be saved, washed, held onto, and cherished dearly, cheaply, tightly, because it could be used again for something, maybe, someday, if we ever get around to it.

You're really going to have to have a vision and a lucky break, and some piece of china that can't be replaced (as even temporarily for this exhibit - they didn't have another dish, right?) for this to work, and then, don't use it for food. Otherwise, you're just going to see potential in every broken glass, and unless you actively make stuff out of shards, it's garbage.

Honey, the parsley is asking for water--it's wilting. Just throw the broken thing away, already.

Ditto all of the above... plus, the whole thing is probably a lot more fragile now (there may be hairline cracks that are hard to see) so one additional bump and the thing may break some more.

It looks like it was an attractive piece. I can understand the desire to keep using it.