Journal
A letter every Wednesday.
Sometimes about an object that just entered the shop. Sometimes about a crack we are working on. We keep it short.
- September 23, 2026
After the Applause — The Pomegranate and the Mask
A mask keeps its expression. A body does not. Hanin Azizah looks at Evgeniy Lapchenko’s 2023 painting and the private cost of the roles we learn to carry.
- September 16, 2026
When the Metaphor Learns to Hold — Nara, 2027
In Nara, kintsugi leaves the realm of metaphor and returns to lacquer, time, weight, patience, and the hand.
- September 9, 2026
Bridges of Culture and Expression — Hanin Azizah on Joining Kintsugi Gallery Indonesia
Art has always been a language of inheritance and transition in my life.
- June 10, 2026
Entry №4 — The Ship's Log
SHI is now a thing you can hold. Two editions leave the harbour — one at the speed of light, one at the speed of the hand.
- June 3, 2026
Entry №3 — The School of Repair
People break. Music repairs time, painting repairs sight, architecture repairs space — the three teachers in the school of repair.
- May 27, 2026
Entry №2 — Salted Caramel
There is a song by Happy People called Salted Caramel. One line goes: "But I love daily — not only on Wednesday." Today is Wednesday — and the ripples of one Wednesday in 2016 reach this one.
- May 20, 2026
Entry №1 — The Frog Jumps In
An old pond. A frog jumps in. The sound of water. The first entry in the Kintsugi Gallery journal — the gallery opens.
Wednesdays