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 ...

Using lacquer to reassemble broken vessels by pasting shards together and coating with gold or silver powder, a technique known as kintsugi. In Western cultures, repairs aim to return a piece to ...

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 ...

Matias Canosa, a 39-year-old Argentinian, was attending a "kintsugi" workshop in the “Rokujigen” (Sixth dimension) gallery located close to Ogikubo Station in Suginami Ward, which was seen ...

“They’re beautiful because they have a story.” My thoughts are suddenly interrupted by renowned kintsugi master Showzi Tsukamoto, the man behind the creation of the bowls. For the past five ...

NARA--When a foreign national is invited to give a workshop on a quintessential Japanese craft technique like “kintsugi,” chances are that person is very good at what they do. Such was the ...