Naoko Fukumaru remembers as a child playing a game that involved an antique Lalique ashtray featuring a frosted crystal figurine of a sparrow. The …
The Japanese Art of Golden Repair, and Other Incredible Rare Artforms
“It teaches us about the beauty of impermanence, of imperfection, of incompleteness in our life. We are embracing the breaks instead of hiding the breaks, which is what I was doing before,” says Naoko Fukumaru, a master restorationist now specializing in the Japanese art of kintsugi.
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It’s hard to imagine a job that sounds cooler than the one on Rob Gillette’s business card: light bender. That’s not a job—more like something out of …
Nancy Jacobi has always had a thing for paper.When she was seven, she began collecting Toronto’s bus transfers on the way to and from school. “That …
The reading room at the University of British Columbia’s Rare Books and Special Collections may be closed for now due to COVID, but it still houses …
In their modern studio on the Capilano Indian Reserve on the North Shore of Burrard Inlet, Chepximiya Siyam Chief Janice George and her husband …
This article appeared in MONTECRISTO’s Spring 2020 issue. Since then, the Bill Reid Gallery has temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. …
Craig Tomlinson built his first dulcimer from scratch in four months when he was only 16 years old. In the decades since, he has honed his craft; he …