In the 500 year old art of Kintsugi, which translates more or less as ‘joining with gold’, broken pottery is repaired with a seam of lacquer and precious metal. Trust the Japanese to ...

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 ...

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 ...