I am very sentimental about the objects in my life. Not just my grandmother’s amethyst cocktail ring or my first childhood drawings, but also the electric pencil sharpener I inherited from my mom and ...

Although it is said that something with a shape will break someday, the sadness when I accidentally break my favorite vessel is deep, and although I know that I can not use it again, I can not throw ...

Have you ever broken something of value? Maybe you broke your favorite coffee mug, a bone in your body, a family heirloom, a garage window, an appliance in your home. Alternatively, maybe what was ...

At midnight the night before I left for Japan to learn kintsugi, the ancient art of repairing broken pottery, my parents’ kitchen cabinet came crashing to the ground. My dog and I slept through the ...

In 2023 I visited Japan where there’s an art form known as Kintsugi, which means “to join with gold.” When a ceramic bowl or treasured piece breaks, it isn’t thrown away. Instead, it’s carefully ...

The 400-year-old art of kintsugi will have you knocking over your cups, on purpose We sat down with a ceramist based in Kyoto, who tells us about the golden repair method of Japanese artisans - the ...

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