Introduction

The art of ceramic restoration with lacquer and gold powder.

Kintsugi is an ancient Japanese art of restoring a ceramic object by gluing the broken ends with lacquer and then making up the scars with gold powder.

Izumi Shimura, the author, practices and teaches the art of kintsugi.

Photographs © Studio Haberfeld

Specifications

Published by les Éditions L’Univers dans un vase
44 pages
18 x 12,5 cm
Softcover
18 x 12,5 cm
Mars 2021
ISBN: 9-782957-672103