The Kintsugi Journal
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Kintsugi is a nearly 500 year old repair technique. Initially designed to repair the highest quality bowls for tea ceremony. However, across time and place, kintsugi has evolved to be...
Considering the nature of urushi lacquer, the kintsugi-repair process usually takes anywhere from two to three months, and for extremely complex breakages can take up to one year. Each layer of...
Brushes are a key tool in kintsugi-repair. Getting comfortable and friendly with your brush, as if it is an extension of your arm, makes the kintsugi experience that much more pleasurable and...
There is no single correct way to perform kintsugi. Each layer, ingredient, mixture, method, stroke, tool is different based on the region and the person. The repairer's ethos, design...
Urushi lacquer is the sap of the urushi tree. And it is the fundamental ingredient of kintsugi-repair. While "kin" of kintsugi, points to gold, it is in fact urushi that does all of the...
Kintsugi gold joinery, is the Japanese art of repairing chipped, cracked, and broken, mostly ceramic and porcelain tableware, using only 100% natural materials including urushi...