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Works by Maki Mizuno

Urushi Lacquer Artist with a Painterly Sensibility

Based in Shiga, Japan

Born in Shiga, she is an urushi lacquer artist whose painterly approach brings color and depth to contemporary urushi and kintsugi. B.F.A. in Urushi Lacquering, Kyoto City University of Arts, 2017. Recipient of multiple honors from the Shiga Prefectural Art Association.

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Front view of an Arita ware lidded bowl on three feet, white porcelain with painted flowers and butterflies, blue urushi lines, 24K gold kintsugi seams, and swan maki-e on the lid.
Side view of an Arita porcelain lidded bowl with blue urushi lines crossing the domed lid and body, 24K gold kintsugi finishing, and hand-painted enamel flowers.

24K Gold Kintsugi Arita Lidded Bowl | Swans Upon Blue Water

$750.00 USD

Front view of a Kyoto ware kintsugi teapot with a side handle, gold and green shippo pattern over white porcelain, and a nandina branch in urushi-e on the spout finished in 24K gold.
Close-up of the kintsugi restoration on the Kyoto teapot spout: the chip rebuilt with urushi, finished in 24K gold at the tip, and painted with nandina berries in urushi-e.

24K Gold Kintsugi Kyoto Teapot | Nandina Through the Lattice

$670.00 USD

Front view of a Kyoto ware kintsugi mug in dark clay stamped with white mishima florets, a 24K gold rim restoration, flared lip, and curved dark handle.
Close-up of the urushi-e painting on the inner rim of the Kyoto ware mug: a rising sun in blue tones beneath the 24K gold kintsugi at the chip, read as sunlight over waves.

24K Gold Kintsugi Kyoto Ware Mug | Daybreak Above the Waves

$580.00 USD

Kyoto ware porcelain cup, sometsuke cobalt blue with Uzu-komon swirls, single 24K gold kintsugi seam from rim to foot, lidded form, front view.
Interior close-up of the Kyoto ware porcelain cup, white glaze and sometsuke blue rim, 24K gold kintsugi seam meeting the lip, lidded teacup form.

24K Gold Kintsugi Kyoto Lidded Tea Cup | Seam Across Cobalt

$690.00 USD

Front view of a Kyoto ware kintsugi cup in cream colored earthenware, with blue, green, and gold koma-suji rim lines and a network of seams restored in 24K gold.
Interior close-up of the Kyoto ware kintsugi cup, showing the cream glaze, fine crackle, and a 24K gold seam crossing the inner rim where the earthenware was restored.

24K Gold Kintsugi Kyoto Tea Cup | Rivered Ivory Crackle

$600.00 USD

Sold out: kintsugi Kyoto ware matcha bowl in turquoise crackle glaze with 24K gold seams crossing the rounded body.
Inside the kintsugi bowl, a fine gold line reaches the rim above the crackled turquoise glaze, slow craft seen up close.

24K Gold Kintsugi Kyoto Matcha Bowl | Quiet Confluence

$1,000.00 USD

Sold-out Kintsugi bowl of arita ware restored with natural urushi lacquer and 24k gold with urushi-e hand-painting.
Gold kintsugi rivers carve new geography across vermillion Arita porcelain, each seam a story of resilience.

24K Gold Kintsugi Arita Bowl | Swallow in Flight

$670.00 USD

Sold out: 24K gold kintsugi Kyoto ware mug with hand-painted florals, restored with natural urushi lacquer. Food-safe earthenware.
Gold kintsugi seams glow faintly against the mug's interior, each mended line a testament to crafted resilience.

24K Gold Kintsugi Kyoto Ware Mug | Petals in Stillness

$640.00 USD

Sold Out! Missed this Authentic Japanese Kintsugi Bowl? Its golden repairs embodied wabi-sabi elegance. Explore other unique Kintsugi treasures now!
A top-down view into a Ko-Imari bowl, revealing the path of its gold and iro-urushi kintsugi repair, a quiet meditation on beauty in imperfection.

24K Gold Kintsugi Ko-Imari Bowl | Serenity in Gold

$900.00 USD

One-of-a-kind restored lidded sake cup using traditional Kintsugi technique, currently sold out.
A close-up of the kintsugi on the lid, where radiant gold meets quiet black lacquer, telling a profound story in every seam of its thoughtful healing.

24K Gold Kintsugi Kyoto Ware Sake Cup | A Dialogue of Seasons

$670.00 USD

Sold-out Kyoto ware matcha bowl restored with urushi lacquer and pure gold seams — an authentic Kintsugi piece reflecting wabi-sabi elegance.
Side view of a kintsugi matcha bowl, the 24K gold seam tracing its form, a profound vision of resilience made beautiful.

24K Gold Kintsugi Kyoto Ware Matcha Bowl | The Spirit of Wabi-Sabi

$720.00 USD

Early noritake cup and saucer with 24K gold kintsugi, no konber available
A macro view of the urushi-e and raden inlay on the porcelain. There is a 'story in every seam, a narrative of rebirth told in urushi lacquer and gold.

Artistic Kintsugi Vintage Noritake Cup & Saucer | The Azalea of Remembrance

$910.00 USD

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