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Kintugi workshop
Kintugi workshop
During this workshop, I will introduce you to my variation on the Japanese art of Kintsugi, in which broken pottery is repaired with gold. Rather than hiding cracks and imperfections, Kintsugi highlights them, transforming brokenness into something beautiful and valuable. It offers a way to reflect on acceptance, resilience, and finding beauty in imperfection.
During the workshop, you’ll learn about the history and meaning behind Kintsugi and see examples of how the art form can be interpreted in different ways. Afterwards, you’ll create your own painting, which you’ll deliberately tear apart and reconstruct. Through this process, you’re invited to reflect on the experience of creating something meaningful, experiencing its loss or breaking, and discovering how the pieces can come together to form something new and unique.
Workshop examples
The kintsugi workshop for adults has a lot of layers to it; from people eager to learn a new technique to encouraging participants to put the underlying principles of kintsugi into practice while creating. Subjects of the paintings contain images or photo's of their (grand)children, nature, and beautiful collages. I am always impressed by the variety of the work, and love hearing the stories of what they created and what it means to them.
Providing a kintsugi workshop to children is super fun! I am always impressed by their spirit when ripping up their precious paintings, eyes closed and deep breaths. Special mentions go to:
the eager kids who ripped their work up into too many pieces to puzzle back together
the little girl who, when asked to draw the most beautiful thing she could imagine, created a thunderstorm.
the sweet boy who cried because he thought his painting was ugly (I know how you feel little fellow perfectionist- this lesson is for us!)
Flower Printing workshop
Flower Printing workshop
Explore the colours, shapes, and delicate details of nature through a simple printing technique using fresh flowers, leaves, and watercolour paints. By placing plants onto wet, painted paper, you’ll create unique patterns as the colours blend and the natural shapes leave their impressions behind.
Once your print is dry, you can transform it into a silhouette artwork by cutting it into a shape of your choice and mounting it on a contrasting background. Experiment with colours, compositions, and forms to create a piece that reflects your own creativity.
No prior artistic experience is needed — just a little curiosity and a willingness to experiment!
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