I’m at a kintsugi workshop, which teaches the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold ... moment if I wanted to create the ‘thin and elegant’ gold lines I was told to aim for.

He offers exclusive experiences through hotel partnerships (my kintsugi experience was booked through a stay at Hotel the Mitsui), as well as a selection of private pottery lessons. The studio als ...

“People probably feel ‘purified’ or ‘forgiven’ as they think of the pottery works as their own selves and face up to their own hearts,” Nakamura said. “Those who practice kintsugi ...

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 ...

Translating to “golden repair,” Kintsugi involves repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed with gold, silver or platinum. Rather than concealing fractures, Kintsugi celebrates them ...

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 ...

Rooted in the Japanese art of Kintsugi; the technique of repairing broken pottery with gold lacquer to create objects of beauty, the exhibition offered a powerful metaphor for healing and renewal.