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 ...

“Blue Moon,” shown here in a provided photo, is one of Naoko Fukumaru’s kintsugi artworks, based on a Persian earthenware plate from the 10th-12th century CE. Kintsugi is the 500-year-old Japanese art ...

Fixing a broken item can be an act of art in itself. While not all repairs return the object to its original functionality, creative repairs can bring new life and beauty to the item. Kintsugi is a ...

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 ...

NARA--When a foreign national is invited to give a workshop on a quintessential Japanese craft technique like “kintsugi,” chances are that person is very good at what they do. Such was the case with ...

For centuries in Japan, when precious tea bowls break, the families of tea masters will often keep the broken bowls for generations and later have them mended by artisans who use a lavish technique ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." We’ve all heard the phrase, “Don’t cry over spilled milk,” but what about broken glass? Before you grab ...

Inspired by the centuries-old practice of ‘golden joinery’, a Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics with gold lacquer; KINSUGI Kuala Lumpur is a progressive Kaiseki and Sushi Kaiseki restaurant ...