◆A full day in a master artisan’s home workshop: learn traditional kintsugi and craft your own lacquer art.
Spend a full day at the home workshop of lacquer Craftsman Tsutomu Matsuda—a master with over 50 years of experience and a recipient of a national honor— and immerse yourself in the worlds of kintsugi and lacquer art.
Using natural urushi lacquer with the workshop’s authentic tools and materials, you will also have the opportunity to co-create with Mr. Matsuda the lacquer art piece he conceived, Mori no Hibiki (“Voice of the Forest”).
◆Detail
・Dates: October 10th & October 24th
・Location: Kyoto, Japan
◆What's Included
◎ Traditional Kintsugi experience (includes materials and vessels)
∟ (Optional) Change to antique vessels
※ The completed work can be taken home.
◎ Lacquerware experience: Creation of Mori no Hibiki（Zelkova Plate）
※ The completed work can be taken home.
◎ Lunch（Traditional Bento Lunchbox）
◎ English interpretation
◆What To Expect
9:30 Gathering & Explanation of the Experience Flow
Introduction to Mr Matsuda's career, works, and a day in his workshop.
10:00 Explanation about Lacquerware, Lacquer, and the Spirit of Kintsugi Introduction to the tools used by the craftsman.
Lacquerware Making: Creation of Mori no Hibiki (“Voice of the Forest”)
Experience the initial and final steps of the process using lacquer.
(*You can take it home as a souvenir.)
12:00 Lunch Break – Bento Lunchbox from a Traditional Japanese Restaurant
Enjoy a meal with the craftsman.
13:00 Start of the Traditional Kintsugi Experience
With lacquer, you will repair a piece of pottery using traditional methods.
Bond the broken fragments of the vessel.
Repair missing or cracked sections.
Apply lacquer to the repaired areas and add gold.
17:00 End of the Experience
You can take home the Kintsugi-repaired vessel and the Mori no Hibiki lacquer art as souvenirs.
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More detail is on our website.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
We look forward to welcoming you!
Also check out other Arts events in Kyoto, Workshops in Kyoto.
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