Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese craft technique that utilizes lacquer and gold to repair broken ceramic pieces. Kunio Nakamura, the 52-year-old kintsugi artist who operates Rokujigen ...

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 ...

The ancient Japanese art of kintsugi has existed for thousands of years as a method of mending broken pottery. Now, it’s taking off in the UK as a popular crafting activity, but why? As I ...

Discover Kintsugi, an ancient Japanese artform that can not only bring your precious broken ceramics back to life but can also be deeply therapeutic, changing your life and the way you see yourself ...

Rooted in the Japanese art of Kintsugi; the technique of repairing broken pottery with gold lacquer to create objects of beauty, the exhibition offered a powerful metaphor for healing and renewal.

A Kintsugi class will be held at The Beacon in Whitehaven on Sunday, April 6. The class will run from 11.30am until 1pm, tickets are £44 per person and are available on The Beacon website.