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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

CHF 636.00

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

CHF 568.00

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

CHF 509.00

Kintsugi tea cup and saucer in Early Noritake porcelain, front view: one 24K gold seam in natural urushi runs from the rim across the scroll band.
Kintsugi tea cup in Early Noritake porcelain, inverted side view: the 24K gold urushi seam runs from the foot across the ivory band, handle at right.

24K Gold Kintsugi Early Noritake Cup & Saucer | The Berenda Legacy

CHF 670.00

Kyoto ware porcelain cup in sometsuke cobalt blue with Uzu-komon swirls, a single continuous kintsugi seam in 24K gold from rim to foot, lidded form with gold-banded rim. Collected.
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

CHF 585.00

Kyoto ware kintsugi mug in dark clay stamped with white mishima florets, its rim restored in 24K gold above a rising sun painted in urushi-e on the inner wall. Collected.
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

CHF 492.00

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

CHF 848.00

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

CHF 568.00

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

CHF 543.00

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

CHF 763.00

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

CHF 568.00

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

CHF 611.00

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