I recently took a course in kintsugi, the ancient Japanese art of repairing broken pottery and highlighting the cracks with gold. The mended piece ends up being more beautiful and more valuable than ...

On a recent day, a non-Japanese citizen was using a brush to dust cracks in a bowl with gold in an indirectly lit space with a warm ambience on the second floor of a building in Tokyo. Matias Canosa, ...

The Japanese concept of Kintsugi is, at a deep level, similar to our idea of not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good—but it goes a little further. Kintsugi is the art of repairing broken ...

Kintsugi is the traditional Japanese craft of repairing broken ceramics with “urushi” glue and gold or silver dust. It expresses the Japanese principle of “mottainai”, a concept for the regret ...

SONOMA, Calif. (KGO) -- In her Sonoma home, artist Maki Aizawa holds a broken plate. "When something breaks, we tend to throw it away," she said. "But we don't have to throw it away and don't have to ...

In today’s world, people often try to hide their flaws and aim for perfection. However, the ancient Japanese art of Kintsugi offers a different and inspiring way to look at life. Kintsugi, which means ...

Candice Kumai is best known for her clean green smoothies, matcha confections and healthy comfort foods. But in her new book, Kintsugi Wellness: The Japanese Art of Nourishing Mind, Body, and Spirit, ...

Kintsugi 金継ぎ is known as the Japanese art of putting broken things back together, like broken pottery, using materials mixed with powdered gold and other elements. Instead of hiding damage, this ...

Gorgeous baroque pearls, expert gold craftsmanship, and ancient Japanese arts come together in George Inaki Root’s fabulous fine jewelry company, Milamore. Milamore is built on the principles of ...

The Japanese artform, based on a belief that a repaired pot can be stronger, taught me about tragedy and the ability to overcome it My brother died at the age of 10, when I was eight. When I was nine, ...