As part of a new series, "Your Next New Skill," Sun-Times reporter Erica Thompson took a beginner's kintsugi class and embraced her artistic shortcomings.

The technique is the ancient art of Japanese Kintsugi, a powerful metaphor for life where nothing is ever truly broken. Metallic powder is mixed with resin or lacquer to fix pieces together The ...

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 ...

Kintsugi is an ancient Japanese Healing Practice that serves to join back together that which was once broken, while showcasing and honouring the breaks. This experiential workshop utilizes a ...