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.

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 ...

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 ...

What is Kintsugi pottery? Come and learn from Alex Welsh as she describes Kintsugi, the ancient Japanese art of repairing ...

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.

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 ...

This is a shared arts column put together by the Howick Historical Village, Te Tuhi, and Uxbridge Arts and Culture. Events: Saturdays, 15 March, 29 March and 12 April: Learn the art of flower pressing ...

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 ...