Saki Moriyama, urushi lacquer artist at The Kintsugi Labo JAPAN — Kyoto City University of Arts graduate and internationally exhibited urushi artist.

Photo by Kana Shimizu

Works by Saki Moriyama

Urushi Lacquer Artist Reflecting Memory and Refuge

Based in Kyoto, Japan

Based in Kyoto, she creates layered and polished urushi surfaces that evoke memory, imagined realms, and quiet refuge. M.F.A. in Urushi Lacquering, Kyoto City University of Arts, 2015. Presented at Collect Art Fair, London, and Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong.

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Arita ware lidded bowl in glossy white porcelain with a cobalt-blue domed lid, vermilion plum-blossom bands, and a branching 24K gold kintsugi seam over the crown, shown from the front.
The domed lid of an Arita ware lidded bowl, cobalt-blue crown with a vermilion plum-blossom band, showing 24K gold kintsugi seams tracing the outer surface, viewed from above the side.

24K Gold Kintsugi Arita Lidded Bowl | Plum Band Convergence

$750.00 USD

Front view of a kintsugi Kyoto matcha bowl, a single gold seam over carved spirals on warm clay, wabi-sabi quiet.
A closer look into the kintsugi matcha bowl shows where the gold seam meets the rim, beauty in imperfection made visible.

24K Gold Kintsugi Kyoto Matcha Bowl | Incised Spirals

$720.00 USD

Sold out: kintsugi Kyoto ware rice bowl with sometsuke blue bands and 24K gold seams, restored in natural urushi lacquer.
Inside the kintsugi rice bowl, a blue lattice pattern rings the well while a gold seam crosses the rim — tactile history within reach.

24K Gold Kintsugi Kyoto Rice Bowl | Blue Diamond Motif

$600.00 USD

Sold out: kintsugi Kyoto Ware matcha bowl restored with 24K gold, a single gold seam descending an ivory body beneath a green glaze rim.
Looking into this kintsugi Kyoto matcha bowl, the glossy cream interior and green-rimmed glaze carry the patina of time.

24K Gold Kintsugi Kyoto Matcha Bowl | Green Drift on Ivory

$670.00 USD