Broken ceramics repaired with urushi lacquer and 24‑karat gold. Small batch. Made by hand. Each one numbered, each one unrepeatable.
Tanizaki wrote that Japanese beauty cannot exist apart from darkness. The lacquered bowl in the alcove, the gold seam catching candlelight. These are not meant to be seen fully. They are meant to be sensed.
Kintsugi does not restore. It transforms. The broken place becomes the most alive part of the object, gilded, honored, made permanent.
In the mysterious Orient the shadows are made to work. The beauty of a room is felt only by the play of shadow against shadow.
Traditional Urushi, a natural tree resin is layered over weeks. It cures in humidity, slowly, bonding stronger than the original clay.
Pieces find their way here from many directions. A ceramic someone loves but cannot discard, a potter’s failed experiment, a collaboration not yet imagined. A small number are accepted each season, in whatever way makes sense.
If you have something that might belong here, send a photograph. We will talk about what is possible.
Kintsugi repair is unhurried work. Before anything begins, I need to understand your piece, what it is, how it broke, and what it means to you.
Share a few photos and details below. I’ll review your submission personally and come back to you within 3 business days with an honest assessment, a recommended finish, and a quote. Nothing moves forward until you’re ready.
Ask anything about this piece, its materials, its history, or its care, and we’ll get back to you within a couple of days.
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Kintsugi repair is unhurried work. Before anything begins, I need to understand your piece, what it is, how it broke, and what it means to you.
Share a few photos and details below. I’ll review your submission personally and come back to you within 3 business days with an honest assessment, a recommended finish, and a quote. Nothing moves forward until you’re ready.
I’m looking for potters whose work I respect to build something longer-term with. Whether that means repairing your kiln accidents, giving new life to pieces that didn’t meet your standard but still carry your craft, receiving pieces your clients have broken, or collaborating on something neither of us has tried yet.
A glaze that ran. A rim that warped slightly. A colour that came out wrong. These are not failures, they are the fingerprints of a process. Kintsugi doesn’t just repair breaks, it reframes imperfection as part of the object’s story.
There’s no fixed model here. Tell me about your practice and what feels interesting to you. I read every submission myself and will follow up within 5 days to explore what might make sense.