Repair Cafe: Decorative Kintsugi-Cansugi (Gilded Repairs)

Do you have a broken but beloved objects lying around? Beautify and celebrate the tears and breaks of your items by gilding them. Learn about the age-old technique of applying gold (or gold-like) materials onto wood, metal, glass, and ceramic and mend your piece with dazzling results.

No experience or skill necessary, all welcome!

Repair Cafe at Institute of Making, 17th February from 12-3pm

Besides the above activity, we are hosting a range of drop-in repair activities for the UCL community. You can also drop into:

• Plant care & repair
• General Repair
• Textiles & Clothing repair
• Clothes Swap Rail

Do you have specific access requirements?

We would like to make sure that everyone can join our events and use our website as easily as possible. Please message us if you need any particular support or assistance while attending our space or using our platforms, so we can ensure those. We are also always interested in feedback to help us improve access to our activities. Contact Sara on events@instituteofmaking.org.uk.

Photo credits to French Finds.

Please let us know if you have any access requirements in order to attend this booking by emailing members@instituteofmaking.org.uk.

Contact events@instituteofmaking.org.uk if you have any additional questions.

We look forward to seeing you soon!