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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

In a consumerist society, anything that's broken heads for the garbage bin without a second thought. However, it is possible to repair objects, and the Internet has brought the practice back into ...

When reflecting on the Japanese art of kintsugi, one can find inspiration during a cancer journey, as CURE columnist Chester Freeman explained. When reflecting on the Japanese art of kintsugi, one can ...

The Israelis I met in the Gaza envelope who told us stories about rebuilding their lives and towns after Oct. 7 probably don’t know about the Japanese art of Kintsugi. Neither do the many Israelis ...

Break it, then make it whole again — but this time, with a golden scar. This is the essence of Kintsugi, a Japanese philosophy that teaches that perfection is overrated. By joining ceramic shards with ...