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A chance to connect with kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics. Workshops with Iku Nishikawa will offer accessible demonstration of how this craft creates a beautiful afterlife for tableware that has suffered accidents. Nature’s work is random, and beautiful. This spirit guides the ‘born but not made’ nature of patterned ceramics emerging from Japanese kilns.   About Kintsugi: Kintsugi is a process that uses lacquer, sealants and colour to trace the lines of an accident during use. The spontaneous moment of breakage is immortalised, and becomes a new feature. It allows the owner of the item not just...

wagumi at London Craft Week: A Demonstration of Kintsugi At this year’s London Craft Week (3-7 May 2017), wagumi is going to participate in two ways.  Firstly we are taking part in the 'Our House' campaign at Selfridges and have an area of our product selections there.  This includes some wagumi classics such as Koishiwara Pottery, and Kaneko Kohyo ‘varietal’ sake cups, and some new items such as exclusive colours of Housengama’s Toki teapot design.  It is exciting to see our selections in this classic home of UK retail, and the event will run to mid-June. Secondly we will be...