{"id":5994,"date":"2025-10-07T00:04:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T17:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistay.vn\/?p=5994"},"modified":"2025-10-07T00:36:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T17:36:16","slug":"takehito-kobayashi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistay.vn\/en\/takehito-kobayashi\/","title":{"rendered":"Takehito Kobayashi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:35%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1601\" height=\"2000\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06233751\/IMG_6998.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5995\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1601\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06233751\/IMG_6998.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5995\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>text <strong>Anh Nguy\u00ean<\/strong><br>photo <strong>Anh Nguy\u00ean, Takehito Kobayashi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Takehito Kobayashi is a Kintsugi expert and artist, a pottery collector, owner of coffee shops alongside a tea and cake shop in Osaka. His father grand precious collection of various ceramic goods has originated his current career path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the journey of practising Kintsugi and exhibiting pottery arts, Kobayashi has accidentally revived some common contemplation which seemed to be vanished from the modern life of Japanese.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Since when the passion for ceramics started to grow in you? Who was that influenced you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It must be my father, he is a pottery collector. When I was litte, my father took our family on vacation to reonwed kilns where we met many artists around Japan. This has fired up my passion for ceramics so later on I could learn myself the Japanese ceramics and understand its distinctive charateristics. I have the abily to indicate where and when a piece was from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:5%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1229\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06234105\/5a193f98147fc821916e6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5999\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1229\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06234105\/5a193f98147fc821916e6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5999\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WAD Caf\u00e9, Osaka, Japan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1321\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06234323\/cd70a7ea8d0d5153081c17.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6001\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1321\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06234323\/cd70a7ea8d0d5153081c17.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6001\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>Let us start with your bakery Mitomi-Monakan with collections of tea and cake. As its introduction, Mitomi shares \u201cthe good things from Japan\u201d and offer ways to contemplate tea in modern life. We would like to hear more from you about this business model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, Mitomi is my newest project ever since I started my own business. I may talk about Mitomi later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything was uneasy, I had to work relentlessly to accumulate finance for my future. Back then, knowing that my father was in possess of many premium ceramics, I came up with an idea that we could rent this to several traditional Japanese restaurants. This was the moment I started learning and practising myself Kintsugi \u2013 the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Japanese of the past used object with good care, if it were broken they would have figured a way to fix or found one who repaired. Latterly, people are introduced to single-use utensils, this practice somehow affects to the attitude they have for objects in their houses, they swiftly discard things when it is no longer viable. Only fancy restaurants invest on Kintsugi to repair their broken ceramic goods. The moment I started my career, I found that people paid more attention to their utensils\/ living instruments, especially pottery, partly due to the economic bubbles at the time made fast consumption no longer suitable. That is why people come to me to fix stuffs rather than throwing them away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WAD Caf\u00e9 is the first shop in my project series, acquiring the thought of renting and fixing broken ceramics. WAD\u2019s space is divided into two parts, one is for service and the other is for gallery. I use artisan pottery in tea ceremony to present to people the goods\u2019 distinctive quality over time and memories brought with it. If they like, they might purchase. If the item is damaged during the time using, they can bring them back here so I can repair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1321\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"6004\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06234426\/6e060e872560f93ea0717.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6004\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1321\" data-id=\"6004\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06234426\/6e060e872560f93ea0717.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6004\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1319\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"6047\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06235323\/0e6da89283755f2b06645.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6047\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1319\" data-id=\"6047\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06235323\/0e6da89283755f2b06645.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6047\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1313\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"6046\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06235323\/55f0857cae9b72c52b8a4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6046\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1313\" data-id=\"6046\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06235323\/55f0857cae9b72c52b8a4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6046\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1321\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"6006\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06234426\/d53622c50922d57c8c3313.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6006\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1321\" data-id=\"6006\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06234426\/d53622c50922d57c8c3313.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6006\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kh\u00f4ng gian WAD Caf\u00e9, Osaka, Nh\u1eadt B\u1ea3n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe good things\u201d mentioned here, to me, is simply my desire to recommend the community Japanese cultural values and the people who have been preserving these preciousnesses despite the change of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I may have an example, according to Japanese tradition, tea more often than not pairs with sweets. My customers tend to have the fashion of buying sweets as presents or for their own indulgence at home after contemplating tea. I bethought myself about this. Monakan is, obviously, a popular specialty for traditional sweets in Japan, in which placed a rich flavourful filling, usually an old- fashioned one made of redbean paste. I wondered if I could create something more up-to-date. This is what brought Mitomi to life \u2013 a place for Monakan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1321\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"6010\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06234527\/a0fd8952a3b57feb26a416.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6010\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1321\" data-id=\"6010\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06234527\/a0fd8952a3b57feb26a416.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6010\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1307\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"6008\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06234527\/cc146eb64451980fc14018.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6008\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1307\" data-id=\"6008\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06234527\/cc146eb64451980fc14018.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6008\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br>B\u00e1nh Monakan, c\u1eeda h\u00e0ng Mitomi, Osaka, Nh\u1eadt B\u1ea3n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>I find quite fascinating your story.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first days when WAD was still an idea, I only received order for pottery repairing from traditional Japanese restaurants, most of which were vases considering its beauty and values. Then gradually, I took more precious objects from individuals, like a plate made by my customer\u2019s son, or an invaluable cup self-made by a friend of them. These items all carry the affection and reminiscence of each person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How is Kintsugi in the life of Japanese at this moment?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kintsugi is originally the duty of the repair-man, like the way people ask me to fix their potteries. However, it has been changing the way people acknowledge Kintsugi, they want to practise themself in order to be able to fix their stuffs. It was partly that Kintsugi takes time to practise, the rest is about the cost of having one who repairs. This is the reason why I opened Kintsugi classes so people can all be able to do what they wish for. I guess when ones can fix something on their own, it is more of great sentimental value and treasured to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What about the artistic role of Kintsugi?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I receive many invitations from museums, antique shops and restaurants to repair ceramic goods. Yet, I have a feeling that Kintsugi is growing deeper into daily life, to which people can approach. Considering the artistic role, Kintsugi\u2019s target-object has been much broader.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06235403\/dscf5204.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6049\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06235403\/dscf5204.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6049\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Takehito Kobayashi is teaching students about Kintsugi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>With the development of technology and modern life, I can see Kintsugi now has many methods to improve the time-making and the process. What is the role and value of traditional Kintsugi? Who is the target-audience of traditional Kintsugi now?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the present, there are very rare items that are repair with traditional classic Kintsugi method. They must be very valuable in term of material, or their age should be for hundreds of year so that object\u2019s owners would consider to call for traditional Kintsugi, the purpose is to expanse its lifetime for more hundreds of year to come. I usually get such items repaired from several antique collectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for ordinary objects, it is unlikely that they are kept when their onwers pass away. Saying this to understand that some will last and some will disappear. For the most part, these ordinary items will be repaired by simple Kintsugi if they are accidentally cracked, chipped or broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1328\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06234917\/7d9d1f1c34fbe8a5b1ea14-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6016\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1328\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06234917\/7d9d1f1c34fbe8a5b1ea14-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6016\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The ceramic and porcelain repair studio of artisan Takehito Kobayashi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Classic Kintsugi is practised mostly for collective objects or items from museum\u2019s archive.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not entirely, classic method not only repairs the goods but also gives it the chance to go back to its original broken stage before. The old-fashioned way is to use mixture of flour and lacquer to connect broken pieces or fill-up cracks; as the result of bonding materials nature, it compromises the adhesion. It only needs to be immersed in hot water and slowly pulled apart, the item will recover its original broken stage, from this following repairers might research and practise according to their own preference. Items with great aesthetic and material values which cannot be measured will then be passed on from generations to generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1321\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06235045\/28b2dc41f7a62bf872b79.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6034\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1321\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06235045\/28b2dc41f7a62bf872b79.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6034\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Kintsugi artwork created by Takehito Kobayashi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What kind of people are your traditional Kintsugi students?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The major part of them are artists, architects, chefs who are working in restaurants, antique shops or staffs at fine arts museums; they are specialised in art and preservation. A very fun fact in Japan is that people working in F&amp;B industry are required to have Kintsugi practise as a must.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>They learn in order to fix things their own.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I do agree with this statement. I have a student learning from me for 5 years but this give no enough condition for him to repair for orders. Traditional Kintsugi requires high level of technique and deep understanding. Thus, many of my students have years of studying experience but I still not let them to accept order (laughs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1600\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"6028\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06234946\/DSCF5143-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6028\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1600\" data-id=\"6028\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06234946\/DSCF5143-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6028\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"6026\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06234946\/DSCF5240-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6026\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"6026\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06234946\/DSCF5240-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6026\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"6024\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06234946\/IMG_6846-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6024\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"6024\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06234946\/IMG_6846-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6024\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I have a feeling that traditional Kintsugi repaired items will be more food-safe and hygeine-safe than simplified Kintsugi.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mainly because the traditional Kintsugi purely uses natural materials and is permitted under Japan\u2019s food safety law, it is not because the simplified Kintsugi practices with poor quality ingredients. Nevertheless, it might strange to you knowing that traditional Kintsugi uses soild to apply and this material worries people about hygeine, but it is obviously a natural material, no? (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1312\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"6030\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06235045\/97dff934452a9a74c33b.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6030\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1312\" data-id=\"6030\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06235045\/97dff934452a9a74c33b.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6030\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1319\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"6036\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06235048\/494fd1dafb3d27637e2c15-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6036\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1319\" data-id=\"6036\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06235048\/494fd1dafb3d27637e2c15-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6036\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Having introduced Kintsugi to many places around the world through workshops, exhibitions and performances, what do people feel about the differences and the benefits between the appreciation to objects culture in Japan before and the current global habit of consuming single-use objects?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is quite unfair to say just japanese people value things. In Europe, repairing umbrella is a profession practised throughout the history for hundred years, similar to other crafts like repairing musical instruments, cobbler or repairing furnitures and so on. European does not demolish old buildings to spring up new ones, in stead, they refurbish or renovate for further use. In black markets, there are thrift stores in order to give old goods a new home. Consequently, if we talk about the culture of appreciation to objects, European seems to practice this more commonly. However, Japanese is known to be one that repair tools like plate, bowl, etc&#8230; and it has become a distinctive cultural value of this country. This can be seen evidently in Japanese tea ceremony, most tea masters always want to pass on their tea kit for their descendant so when an item in the kit is broken, they all wish to have it repaired to be used in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The profession of repairing goods in Europe you have mentioned is practised still?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, it is. I used to think that if they had this umbrella repair profession in Japan, for sure it would not last long because we usually buy plastic umbrellas at convenience stores, most people use it once and then throw away. In Europe, this profession has been there for centuries, some people earn their living solely by repairing umbrellas, being able to live off this profession is a whole different level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1254\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06235208\/IMG_8411-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6040\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1254\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06235208\/IMG_8411-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6040\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I have known that you frequently hold ceramic exhibitions and galleries. I would like to learn better your main intention related to ceramics.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I currently own a gallery, we usually display contemporary ceramic art pieces baked in traditional methods, this is an advanced technique that requires strict time and temperature management. Nowaday, to meet the market needs, many kilns focus on the appearance than the product quality. By observing some family, I can see many of them have ceramic tools and items, not many of which are valuable. I know a big number of people who have strong fascination with pottery making, they are quite meticulous during their creation thanks to their deep understanding about the history, they easily bring these values into each of their art works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When being in the countrysides and visiting some artists, I have met many people who put their back into making pottery but their living conditions are typically poor, working at the field and taking care of their children, at the same time making ceramic art. Their exclusive products have not been much realised by the community, ones marketed on different medium are not excessively collectible. As the result, I want to display all these to introduce their craftsmanship and contemporary thoughts to the public. This work gives me the access to directly communicate with them in favour of to be more understanding their approach and art. It appears that many ancient art pieces are remained unknown its creator, or they might have passed away so that I cannot have a further talk with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1328\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06235236\/IMG_8408-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6044\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1328\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06235236\/IMG_8408-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6044\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Exhibition Space in  WAD Caf\u00e9, Osaka, Japan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Perhaps it requires more change of habit to approach \u201cthe good things\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japanese used to the habit of having tea without paying since this is a very commonly beverage, everyone had it and it costed nothing. In my childhood, whenever I visited my grandmother, she made a pot of tea for the two of us as we talked and contemplated. In the fast-moving context as the current, it is a luxury that we could enjoy a cup of tea deliberately. This fashion is faded correspondingly the new custom of buying coffee to-go in paper cups. Nevertheless, I still see many people who want to experience the tea ceremony and happily to pay. For example, a young couple may invite each other for a tea time in tranquility, having a pleasant talk and enjoying our collective items at the store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your near future plan for Kintsugi and ceramics?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For ceramics, my persistance is to exhibit artworks of some contemporary artist at the gallery, I take pleasure in collecting and displaying antiques, including African or European potteries, whatever its origins, as long as they are beautifully drop-dead, I will always want to have and introduce to others. 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I am responsible for their living. The period when our businesses were closed because of COVID-19, I generally arrived at the shops alone and pondered (smile). It was all mental-torturing! I kept telling myself that thing would be better at some point. When shops went back in business again, many people arrived to relax after a long tiring quarantine. It is crucial for me that there is such place in daily life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How was your Kintsugi work at that period?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It went well. Kintsugi is very time-consuming so I had many laid back orders. 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Restaurants usually gather up their items and bring to me at once for repairation. Many items from museums have residented at my place for some 2 years already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Do you have any challenge in time management? Do you think you have had the balance in it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the past 10 years, I could afford to do Kintsugi in the morning. Kintsugi is the work of the inner, I used to do it in the evening. As I am getting older, I feel it quite a boredom to do in the evening so I just work on it in daylights and never more than 3 hours. If I pass that timeline, I would loose my concentration and hurt myself. A part from that time, I spend on dealing with other tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Is there any dream project, dream job that you have always wanted to realise?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems that some parts of my dreams and thoughts have been accomplished. Sacrifice is inevitable, hence it is all worthed. For now, I have set no dream or particular goal because it takes much time while I want to persue things that matter more to me. 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