Broken your favorite piece of pottery? Think twice before you throw it away: Kintsugi is the ancient Japanese craft of fixing ceramics using gold- or silver- dusted lacquer. Gather your shards and learn how to transform an accident into an art piece in a workshop early this April at our favorite “senses salon”, Ryoko. Part-wellness oasis, part-boutique, the tranquil space hosts regular workshops centered around Japanese art forms. Shihoko Komamura leads the Kintsugi sessions, showing participants how to repair cracks with cashew resin or epoxy putty before finishing them in brass gold or tin silver powder. The three-hour class is run at a meditative pace, and is as therapeutic for the soul as it is for the object you’ll repair. (Text: Anna Dorothea Ker / Photos: Daniel Kula)
Ryoko, Friedelstr.11, 12047 Berlin-Neukölln; map
Kintsugi Workshop #07 with Shihoko Komamura, 6-10.4.17. Registration and further information here.
