SONOMA, Calif. (KGO) -- In her Sonoma home, artist Maki Aizawa holds a broken plate. "When something breaks, we tend to throw it away," she said. "But we don't have to throw it away and don't have to ...

Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese art form where broken pottery is repaired using lacquer mixed with gold, silver or platinum powder. Instead of hiding cracks, the technique makes them visible and ...