Kintsugi Inspired Collage with Karen Elaine ✨

Celebrating the beauty of imperfection. ✨

Kintsugi (金継ぎ), meaning “golden joinery,” is a centuries-old Japanese art that repairs broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. More than just a restoration technique, it’s a philosophy that embraces imperfection and impermanence, transforming flaws into something beautiful and unique.

In this session, Karen Elaine demonstrates how to create Kintsugi-inspired collages using torn origami paper and Yaustomo's newest liquid golden ink.

This video was originally livestreamed on the Yasutomo YouTube channel on Friday, November 14, 2025.

Items Used

For a shoppable overview of the items used in this demo visit our Kintsugi Inspired Collage with Karen Elaine collection HERE.

• Painted Papers Origami series
  • Mishmash (4540)
  • Pot Pourri (4541)
  • Hodge Podge (4542)
• Collage Origami series
  • All Blue (4550)
  • Black & White (4551)
  • Composition (4552)
• Double-Sided Origami series
  • Blue Scribbles (4560)
  • Mixed Media (4561)
  • Monochrome Marks (4552)
• NEW Metallic Liquid Sumi Inks!
  • Copper (CMC2)
  • Golden (CMGO2)
  • Silver (CMS2)
  • Metallic Blue (CMB2)
  • Metallic Green (CMG2)
  • Metallic Red (CMR2)
  • Metallic Violet (CMV2)
  • Matte White (CMW2)
• All-Purpose Sumi brush size double 00 (SW00)
• Fusion brushes
  • 1/2" flat (FS05)
  • Size 1 round (FS1)
• Canson Black paper (not sold by Yasutomo)
• Shikishi boards (mentioned, but not used) 
  • 5" x 7" boards, 3-pack (HY300)
  • 3" x 3" boards, 5-pack (HY310)
• Uhu glue stick (not sold by Yasutomo) - we also recommend our Nori Paste (NP55) 😊 
• Golden Soft Gel Matte (not sold by Yasutomo)
• Art foamies butterfly wing stamps (not sold by Yasutomo)
• Mentioned: Judikins Detail Scissors (CTS11)
• Ranger Archival stamp ink pad (not sold by Yasutomo)
• Permawriter (NSPSET)
• Scrapbook.com - Ink Blending Tool with Domed Foam Applicator (not sold by Yasutomo)
• Art Institute Glitter Dries Clear Adhesive (not sold by Yasutomo)
• Dorland's Wax Medium (not sold by Yasutomo)
• Judikins Microglaze (not sold by Yasutomo)

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