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Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing through our workshops and experiences. We curate our teachers and hosts carefully to ensure that they are of high quality.
That's why we provide a money-back guarantee*: If you're unsatisfied with this experience, just leave it at least 20 minutes before it ends, and tell us (the ClassBento team) the reason for your dissatisfaction within 4 hours of that time, and we'll provide you with a refund.
For extra peace of mind, all our bookings are covered by our $20 million public liability insurance.
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A: No cancellations, but free to reschedule up until 2 days before the class
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A: 3 x 105 mins, $385 per guest
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This Traditional Kintsugi Basic course is the one for whom would like to learn Japanese Traditional art of Kintsugi using natural materials.
This is the only place in Australia where you can learn the basics of Traditional Kintsugi in three sessions, and each session takes about 1.5 to 2 hours.
“Kintsugi” is a traditional Japanese technique used to repair broken ceramics, which has been practised for over 550 years. In this course, you are able to learn this ceramic repair method, which has mostly used the same technique for over half a millennium!
In this course, you will also feel the “beauty of imperfection” and the philosophy behind Kintsugi. Kintsugi provides a perfect break from the busy lifestyle most people have today.
We use natural material include Urushi lacquer paint which need at least a week to dry it to process to the next. So participants need at least 7 days intervals between each lessons.
This course is not a course for making a beautiful Kintsugi art at the class, but we teach how to repair the broken pieces with Traditional Kintsugi method step by step.
When you started your own project at home, you need at least 6-8 weeks to repair one broken object that including drying time, because you need to do the same process again and again to make a beautiful Kintsugi line.
After completing this course, you will be able to repair your own pieces, and if you need our help, then you can participate the Kintsugi Dojo (practicing place).
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Please note:
This course must be taken over a minimum of three weeks as you need more than seven days.
Choose a date and time that suits you and contact us when you want to begin! If you don't have a time, 2 days intensive course (3 lessons on weekend) is also available.
We can take private requests and bookings for this course. Please contact us for more information.
(Not available time: 18 June-9 July, 14-19 July, 1-10 Aug, 18-31 Aug, due to holding the course in other states)
After the first session, subsequent sessions can be arranged with the teacher, at a time that suits you.
Kintsugi Australia Studio - level 1 suite 107/147 King St, Sydney NSW
This venue is a short walk from Town Hall station (400m).
Kintsugi Australia is located in Sydney and the only organisation in Australia completely specialised in kintsugi, offering private and group lessons, repair and kintsugi artistic creations. After completing our course, the students can join the Kintsugi Dojo where they can continue to create their own work of art, and they can improve their technique to become kintsugi masters.
Kintsugi Dojo is available in Sydney studio, and also available when we visit Melbourne and Brisbane .
Beginner’s, Traditional and Kintsugi accessory courses are held in Melbourne every 4-6 weeks and occasionally in Brisbane.
Jun Morooka is a kintsugi master. He is an expert in the Traditional Kintsugi method with natural lacquer (urushi) and gold. He has also developed his own method using modern material, bringing innovation to an ancient technique. He accepts commissions to repair broken pottery and ceramics with kintsugi. (Sorry, but we stop accepting new repairs for a while)
Jun Morooka was born in Tokyo in 1959. He moved to Sydney in 1987 and in 2008 he started to manage a Japanese restaurant called JIPANG. He fell in love with kintsugi after watching a TV documentary. He decided to go back to Japan to train with five kintsugi masters in Kanazawa and Tokyo. In 2018, he established Kintsugi Australia in Sydney.
Jun Morooka teaches Traditional Kintsugi and Modern Kintsugi in Sydney, Melbourne and Newcastle, he exhibited his artwork at the Sydney Adventist Hospital in the Cardiac Rehabilitation Department. "Kibou" and "Negai" were displayed in the hospital to show that scars can become beautiful.
In June 2020, "Jikuu" was selected as a finalist in the 2020 Northern Beaches Art Prize - Open Category. The artwork was selected among over 800 entries and was displayed during an online exhibition (31 July - 30 September 2020).
Jun Morooka has appeared on a number of media outlets, such as ABC News and SBS Australia. An audio interview is available on SBS Japanese Radio and a video interview on SBS Australia Facebook page. He was also featured on ELLE DECOR (Spain).
Jun Morooka was invited to give a kintsugi lesson during the TV Show The Bachelor Australia aired on Channel 10 on the 17th of September 2020.
Jun and Hitomi Morooka were on the TV show The Livingroom on Channel 10 on the 21th of May 2021.
Jun Morooka were on the TV Show The Sydney Weekender aired on Channel 7 on the 18th of July 2021.
We hold a workshop in the Opera House as part of the 'Antidote' event on 11 September 2022.
We also hold workshops as a council event (such as Wagga Wagga, Orange, Wodonga) , corporate team buildings, and Hens Parties a lot.
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