NEW DATE BORDEAUX - KINTSUGI INTRODUCTION COURSE SEPTEMBER 2025

5 DAYS OF INTRODUCTION (excluding weekends) from Friday, September 12 to Thursday, September 18, 2025

Kintsugi Introductory Course – Bordeaux – September 2025

Kintsugi Art Workshop – Bordeaux

Program

A complete 5-day training course, with two options to choose from:

→ In groups : from Friday to Thursday (excluding weekends)

→ Personalized support : 1 to 2 people, dates to be agreed upon together

Why start on a Friday?

Starting on a Friday allows you to tackle the first technical steps (preparations, application of urushi) before the weekend. This break promotes optimal drying and guarantees a smooth and progressive learning process, respecting the natural constraints of urushi lacquer.

Personalized support

Flexible dates, to be scheduled over a three-month period according to your availability. Courses can be scheduled over five consecutive days or spread out over time.

Rates

Kintsugi initiation course kit necessary to continue practicing urushi kintsugi at home — Coffret initiation stage kintsugi art

→ Group formula : €1150 per person

→ Personalized support : €1350 per person

Each rate includes a professional takeaway box:

Lacquers, brushes, spatula, brass powder, earth, waterproof sandpaper, Tonoko powder, sleeves, bowl, etc.

Ideal for continuing to practice urushi kintsugi at home.

⚠️ Accommodation and meals not included

Detailed program

Supervised by Didier Faillères , the course follows a step-by-step progression:

Day 1: Reconstruction

Learning the mugi urushi mixture and its application to the fragments. Assembling the broken pieces and drying in a muro (a handcrafted drying chamber).

Day 2: Filling, polishing and shaping

Filling cracks or gaps with the sabi mixture (Jinoko clay + urushi). Beginning of the aesthetic harmonization of the piece.

Days 3 & 4: Kuro roiro lacquer work

Fine application, sanding and smoothing of the black lacquer on the fracture lines, in preparation for the final stage. bengara .

Day 5: Application of keshifun

Application of red lacquer e urushi (bengara) and introduction to the application of golden powder keshifun .

Trainees use a gold-plated brass powder close to gold to practice, before moving on, if they wish, to real gold during an advanced training course ( Master Class ).