Roughly translating as ‘joining with gold’, the ancient repair technique uses urushi lacquer and powdered gold to restore broken teaware, based on the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi: finding beauty ...
Ceramic craftsman Nie Chao displays his award at the China Arts and Crafts Expo in Nanjing, Jiangsu, in September 2021. [Photo provided to China Daily] A zipper runs along a 40-centimeter-tall ...