Have you ever broken something of value? Maybe you broke your favorite coffee mug, a bone in your body, a family heirloom, a garage window, an appliance in your home. Alternatively, maybe what was ...

On a recent day, a non-Japanese citizen was using a brush to dust cracks in a bowl with gold in an indirectly lit space with a warm ambience on the second floor of a building in Tokyo. Matias Canosa, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." We’ve all heard the phrase, “Don’t cry over spilled milk,” but what about broken glass? Before you grab ...

If you've heard of Kintsugi already, you probably associate the term with the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery. This lacquering method uses gold and other metals to mend fragmented pieces, ...

SONOMA, Calif. (KGO) -- In her Sonoma home, artist Maki Aizawa holds a broken plate. "When something breaks, we tend to throw it away," she said. "But we don't have to throw it away and don't have to ...

When Claire Pickard broke her grandmother's porcelain swan, she couldn't bear to throw it away. "It was the only connection to gran I have, other than photos," she says. But Claire also didn't take it ...

NARA--When a foreign national is invited to give a workshop on a quintessential Japanese craft technique like “kintsugi,” chances are that person is very good at what they do. Such was the case with ...

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We aim not just to fix HR issues but to rebuild human systems, enabling companies to scale without breaking. We find that most companies reach the kintsugi moment in the same way. Growth outpaces ...