Object Care

Care & Guides

How to live with handmade Japanese pieces — categorized care knowledge for every material in your collection.

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• CeramicsYobitsugi: The Japanese Art of Patchwork Ceramic Repair Yobitsugi joins fragments from different ceramics. Learn how the patchwork relates to gold and silver finishes, and what...
• CeramicsGin-tsugi: Repairing Japanese Ceramics with Silver Silver-finished Japanese lacquer repair: how gin-tsugi differs in appearance from gold repair, how silver changes over time, and...
• CeramicsKintsugi: The Japanese Art of Gold-Repaired Pottery Understand Japanese gold-finished lacquer repair: visible seams, repair methods, uncertain origin stories and the questions to ask about...

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