Feb 10

Kintsugi Breaking and Mending Workshop (FULL)

Where Grief, Gratitude, and Beauty Coexist.

Come join us as we delve into the art of breaking and mending. Participants will choose a bowl to break and mend as a ceremonial metaphor for the woundings of life and the beauty that comes from its broken places. The act of breaking a bowl and mending the “scars” with gold is based on the Japanese art of Kintsugi. Kintsugi teaches us we cannot go back to the way we were before, but instead move forward with our woundings and the beauty they can bring. Students will leave with a ceramic bowl with golden mended fault lines as a reminder of the places where grief, gratitude, and beauty coexist, as well as the opportunity to reframe old ideas about loss and adversity. Workshop fee includes ceremony, instruction, bowls, and all materials.

Saturday 1:30-6p

Location: Ilwaco Artworks

Glenda “GG” Goodrich is an artist, art doula, author, and SoulCollage(r) facilitator living in Salem, OR. GG works one-on-one and with groups to create opportunities for people to explore their intuitive creative potential. Her students describe her teaching style as fun, warm and supportive. She recently published her first book, Solo Passage: 13 Quests, 13 Questions (available wherever books are sold), which is a testament to the healing and restorative powers of nature illustrated through stories about her vision questing experiences in the wild over a 20-year period.

Glendagoodrich.com @glendagoodrich #ggsdowntoearthstudio