Authentic Urushi Kintsugi (drawing lines with lacquer and sprinkling gold powder) Hybrid Workshop (Materials Included)

  • Instructor: Takuya Tsutsumi (Tsutsumi Asakichi urushi) (https://www.kourin-urushi.com/)

  • Date: January 23, 2024

  • Time: 3:00pm-4:30pm 

  • Location: JFGM Education Center

  • Pricing: Non member $140 | JFGM Member $120

What is Kintsugi?

Kintsugi is a traditional technique of restoration, using urushi (the sap of the lacquer tree ) and gold. Not only does it repair the item, it also serves as a bridge to pass on the feelings and history of the past, as well as to connect the heart to the future. 

Instructor / Artist, Tatsuya Tsutsumi

Tatsuya Tsutsumi is a fourth generation of a lacquer refiner who has been in business since the Meiji era. He started "Urushi no Ippo" as an initiative to connect the next generation of children to a lifestyle with lacquer, and is working to pass on lacquer, a sustainable natural material that has been used in the Japanese climate for 10,000 years, to the next generation.  

About workshop

Simple experience of Authentic Urushi Kintsugi, drawing lines with lacquer and sprinkling gold powder.