Kintsugi is the traditional Japanese art of repairing ceramics with lacquer and gold dust. The idea is to highlight the imperfections of a piece and celebrate its new form, rather than hide its chips ...

TOKYO "The wound is the place where the light enters you." These words, by the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi, sang in my head as I examined a simple ceramic bowl in a tiny cafe in a western suburb of ...

Potters in the Japanese town of Shigaraki have been producing sturdy earthenware for more than 700 years – reddish pots, bowls and vessels made from the high-quality, iron-rich clay found in the ...