Qui suis-je ? | Didier Faillères – Artisan Kintsugi & Urushi

WHO AM I?

Didier Faillères,
the soul of Kintsugi Art

A kintsugi craftsman trained in Japan, founder of the Kintsugi Art workshop in Bordeaux. A life dedicated to passing on an ancient technique: repairing with gold rather than concealing the break.

Didier Faillères

FOUNDER - KINTSUGI ART

"I didn't learn to repair objects. I learned to honor their history."

THE COURSE

From an encounter with Japan to the Bordeaux workshop

THE TURNING POINT

A first encounter with kintsugi

Before kintsugi, there were other disciplines of beauty and precise technique, such as professional makeup and painting. They all shared the same demand for rigor and patience, which finds its most fitting expression in ceramics repaired with gold.

NARA KYOTO JAPAN

Learning from kintsugi masters

It was in Nara and Kyoto, under the tutelage of a master lacquerer, that the traditional technique of urushi was deepened and with it, the concept of wabi-sabi, which unites aesthetic refinement and spirituality.

THE RETURN

To introduce Marseilles expertise, then Japanese expertise in Bordeaux.

Back in France, the link between makeup, painting and ceramics was naturally woven, three disciplines that share the same quest for authentic beauty, which is the foundation of the Kintsugi Art workshop.

TODAY

Kintsugi Art®, a lifelong learning experience.

A registered trademark with the INPI and the EUIPO, a workshop that trains individuals, professionals and companies, and a shop selling authentic materials imported directly from Japan.

IN THE WORKSHOP

The gesture, the material, the silence