Kintsugi is the traditional art of restoring broken ceramics with lacquer and gold. The practice of mending pottery through this technique has been around for centuries. It highlights the beauty of imperfections while symbolising that broken things can be made more resilient than before.
At Makers’ Base, you can repair your choice of ceramics, porcelain or glassware at a two-hour workshop. After you’ve learnt how to reshape your vessel with putty, synthetic lacquer is applied to the broken areas before being finished off with gold or silver powder. If you already have a broken item, you can bring it in with you to fix. Otherwise, you can purchase a vessel at the workshop for ¥1,500 a piece.