Studio Hana specializes in contemporary Kintsugi art and hand-repaired ceramics. I trained at Lakeside Pottery, a nationally recognized ceramic restoration and Kintsugi studio, studying both traditional Japanese Kintsugi methods and modern approaches to the craft. 

Through visible repair, I explore the relationship between brokenness, resilience, creativity, and meaning-making, creating one-of-a-kind pieces that honor what has been lived through rather than hiding it.

I came to Kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold, during a difficult season of coming to terms with an illness — one that left me feeling broken, and deeply disconnected from myself and the people around me. During that time, I listened to a quiet instinct telling me to reach out to old family friends, the owners of Lakeside Pottery, a nationally recognized ceramic restoration and kintsugi studio where I'd taken classes as a child.

That renewed connection is where my kintsugi practice began; in their studio, I felt seen, and connected to something larger than myself became both a healing practice and a metaphor for this chapter of my life, it showed me that what I'd been calling brokenness could become a source of strength and beauty instead. Each piece carries that same spirit in physical form: a homage to renewal and transformation, a gentle reminder to give ourselves and others grace through the cycles of breaking and mending, and trust that through the slow work of repair, our scars can become a shimmering part of who we're becoming.

This shop is dedicated to Hanna, my radiant late grandmother, whose light uplifted so many. Her name carries beautiful meaning across cultures - grace in Hebrew, hope in Kurdish, craft in Hawaiian. Through her memory, and the wisdom of kintsugi, I create pieces that honor the broken and celebrate resilience.