From tablecloths to duvet covers, iPhone cases to wallpaper and startling calf-skin wall hangings, the ancient Japanese resist-dying technique of shibori has gone mainstream. Vera Wang, Ralph ...

Kintsugi is the ancient Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold. It's also a relaxing and mindful activity, with similar benefits to meditation.

Copy the Japanese and fix it with gold Nothing is ever truly broken - that's the philosophy behind the ancient Japanese art of Kintsugi, which repairs smashed pottery by using beautiful seams of gold.

KYOTO, Japan — Nishijinori, the intricate weaving technique for kimonos that dates back more than a thousand years in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto, is getting a high-tech collaborator ...