Learn the Ancient Art of Kin-Tsugi

Create Golden Repairs -Kin Tsugi

This workshop is over 2 consecutive days for an introduction to a Japanese ancient art, Kin-Tsugi.

550 years of wisdom takes us on a journey of appreciating imperfection and accepting the unknown while we learn to repair a broken pottery in a friendly calm atmosphere.  Sayoko was trained in Japan and has been teaching the skills over the last 8 years.

To complete the repair in time, synthetic resin will be used as adhesive in place of traditional Urushi (tree sap) lacquer. The process will be customized according to the piece you work on.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

•   How to assess the repair procedure and methods.

•       How to sand, adhere/fill a breakage and complete with mica powder.

PLEASE BRING

• Up to two pieces of broken/chipped/cracked pottery or porcelain

NOTE: If broken, no more than into 4 pieces. 

              A chipped area to be less than 5c coin.

              No glass, wood or metal items in this preliminarily training

• An apron or please wear clothes that can get stained.

NOTE: For those who have no broken pieces we will provide some porcelain pieces for you.

A Material Fee of $23 per person will apply to be paid in cash on the day. 

Material List for Participants - What you will need to bring

What you will need to bring:
Apron and closed in shoes

Pen and paper for note taking

Paper you may want to test and use
There will be a selection of paper and cards that you can purchase (these are not included in your workshop fee due to varying cost of some of the unique paper) You will need cash for these.  We recommend up to $20 for additional purchases

What we will provide

Brushes and Inks

Cards and Envelopes

Rag for mopping up

Morning tea/coffee/milk and biscuits is supplied

(we have a Nespresso coffee pod machine if you would like to bring your own pods)

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