The ancient Japanese art of kintsugi has existed for thousands of years as a method of mending broken pottery. Now, it’s taking off in the UK as a popular crafting activity, but why? As I ...
The technique is the ancient art of Japanese Kintsugi, a powerful metaphor for life where nothing is ever truly broken. Metallic powder is mixed with resin or lacquer to fix pieces together The ...
What is Kintsugi pottery? Come and learn from Alex Welsh as she describes Kintsugi, the ancient Japanese art of repairing ...
For the past five decades, here in his studio in central Tokyo, Tsukamoto has been restoring Japanese pottery in the authentic manner of kintsugi, the art of joining broken pieces with lacquer and ...
Kintsugi typically refers to the art of using lacquer to repair broken pottery pieces, but Freitas chose to apply the technique to common pieces of furniture, such as chairs, desks and ladders.
Kintsugi Pottery & Rediscovering Joy’ topic at speaker event What is Kintsugi pottery? Come and learn from Alex Welsh as she ...
Kintsugi is a technique used to repair objects using lacquer and gold. In the mountain village of Yamanaka Onsen, Ishikawa Prefecture, a kintsugi workshop is inundated with repair requests from ...
One student described kintsugi as difficult yet rewarding. Kiyoshi Tatsumi, an associate professor of studies on art practice at Osaka Seikei University, attended the workshop as a coach on behalf ...
Kiyokawa Hiroki is working to share the traditional restoration method of "kintsugi" with people in Japan and around the world. He talks about the spirit of sustainability behind the technique.
also noting the challenge of bringing three different art forms together. Kintsugi, the book – will be available at bookshops soon.