Bengalureans heal, reflect and create through Kintsugi

In a fast-paced world that constantly chases perfection, the Japanese Kintsugi Workshop presented by Bangalore Times Life.Styled Club, partnered by Small World, offered Bengalureans a chance to slow down, reflect and reconnect with themselves over the weekend. The unique session saw participants from different walks of life come together to experience the centuries-old Japanese art where broken pottery is repaired using lacquer mixed with powdered gold.

‘It was a healing and meditative experience’
The workshop began with participants receiving ceramic crockery pieces, which they intentionally broke before carefully putting them back together using the Kintsugi technique. For Shloka Nath, one of the participants, the workshop was unlike anything she had tried before. “I really enjoyed myself. It was a very meditative afternoon. My biggest takeaway from this workshop was that we should be showing all our scars,” she shared.

The calm and mindful process also resonated with Amulya, a doctor attending her first-ever workshop in Bengaluru. “It was quite meditative. This workshop reflects how things get broken in real life, and then you have to fix them somehow. And sometimes it’s much better than the original,” she says. Among the attendees was Sabrina, a social worker who had recently returned from Japan. Having accidentally broken an ornament she brought back from the country, the workshop felt timely for her. “I thought this was a good time to come, see and learn how to fix it,” she said.

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