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Can I bring my own piece from home to work on repairing in class?
I love to help participants work on their own pieces. Please bring it and come to class a few minutes early so I can take a look at it. If it's not a fit for our process, you'll always have a teacup available. Please do not bring glass pieces! Unfortunately, they are too challenging and potentially harmful to work on in this class setting.
How messy is this activity? What should I wear?
Most people are able to avoid drips and spills onto their clothes. However, occasionally, these things happen. As long as you wash your clothes within 12 hours of class, you shouldn't have any lasting damage. Wear clothes that you wouldn't mind getting gold on temporarily. :)
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Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing through our workshops and experiences. We curate our teachers and hosts carefully to ensure that they are of high quality.
That's why we provide a money-back guarantee*: If you're unsatisfied with this experience, just leave it at least 20 minutes before it ends, and tell us (the ClassBento team) the reason for your dissatisfaction within 4 hours of that time, and we'll provide you with a refund.
* We may choose to limit our refund per customer at $500. In some rare cases, we may also require you to show us your photo ID before we process the refund.
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Q: Can I bring my own piece from home to work on repairing in class?
I love to help participants work on their own pieces. Please bring it and come to class a few minutes early so I can take a look at it. If it's not a fit for our process, you'll always have a teacup available. Please do not bring glass pieces! Unfortunately, they are too challenging and potentially harmful to work on in this class setting.
Q: How messy is this activity? What should I wear?
Most people are able to avoid drips and spills onto their clothes. However, occasionally, these things happen. As long as you wash your clothes within 12 hours of class, you shouldn't have any lasting damage. Wear clothes that you wouldn't mind getting gold on temporarily. :)
Q: What's the cancellation policy?
A: Free to cancel or reschedule up until 1 day before the class
Q: How long does the class run for, and what's the price?
A: 3 hours, $130 - $140 per guest ($140 per guest when you book for 1+ guests, $135/guest for 20+ guests, $130/guest for 30+ guests)
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arrow_right_alt arrow_downwardPlease note: Public dates for this class require at least 6 guests to run. In the unlikely event that we don't reach this number, we may cancel the session; if that happens, we'll inform you and let you choose between a refund or reschedule, so please watch your email/SMS one day prior to the class.
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Upcoming dates for Kintsugi Gold Repair Workshop
Times are Los Angeles time. Dates and prices as of 14 Nov 2026, 3:32pm; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.
3 upcoming dates between 21 Nov 2026 and 19 Dec 2026.
- Sat, Nov 21 2026, 12pm-3pm
- Sat, Dec 12 2026, 12pm-3pm
- Sat, Dec 19 2026, 12pm-3pm
What you'll get
- A repaired teacup to take home
- Three hours of hands-on making
- Introduction to wabi-sabi philosophy
- The experience of intentionally breaking something and rebuilding it more beautifully than before!
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Knowledge required
All skill levels are welcome!
What to bring
- Enthusiasm to learn and get hands-on!
- A smile
- Your curiosity and creativity
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This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, team building activity, Christmas party, birthday or bachelorette party.
This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mom, Xmas gift or gift for couples.
FAQ
Can I bring my own piece from home to work on repairing in class?
I love to help participants work on their own pieces. Please bring it and come to class a few minutes early so I can take a look at it. If it's not a fit for our process, you'll always have a teacup available. Please do not bring glass pieces! Unfortunately, they are too challenging and potentially harmful to work on in this class setting.
How messy is this activity? What should I wear?
Most people are able to avoid drips and spills onto their clothes. However, occasionally, these things happen. As long as you wash your clothes within 12 hours of class, you shouldn't have any lasting damage. Wear clothes that you wouldn't mind getting gold on temporarily. :)
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Recent reviews of Kintsugi Gold Repair Workshop
- 5/5 from Penny Mora, attended Nov 2026: We had a wonderful experience at the Kintsugi Gold Repair Workshop! Gabby was amazing!, very welcoming, knowledgeable, and patient throughout the entire experience. She explained the process beautifully and made the workshop both fun and meaningful. It was a lovely opportunity to get creative, learn something new. Highly recommended! Thank you, Gabby, for such a memorable experience!
- 5/5 from Ines Rosendahl, attended Oct 2026: I loved Gabby’s kintsugi class! She explained everything clearly and made the whole process feel approachable. The atmosphere was relaxed and welcoming, and it was such a lovely way to spend time making something with my hands. Would definitely recommend.
- 5/5 from Aiden Bordner, attended Oct 2026: We booked this class as a teambuilding offsite, which can always be hit or miss. This was definitely a HUGE hit. Gabby was an incredible instructor who both guided us through creating our repaired pieces and educated us on the history of Kintsugi and the philosophy around it. The setting at the SF Zen Center was perfect. I would highly recommend this class and would happily take it again.
- 5/5 from Helene Alpini, attended Oct 2026: I cannot recommend this workshop enough! Gabby was an amazing teacher who perfectly balanced the hands-on mending process with history and poetic meaning of Kintsugi. She's encouraging and eager to help through every step, making sure everyone feels confident in their work. It’s a beautiful and thoughtful class, and I left with not just a gorgeous piece of pottery, but also a really memorable experience. I’m going to suggest this activity for a team-building activity next month. Thanks, Gabby!
Your teacher
Hi, I'm Gabby! I started with kintsugi about two years ago, when I was more than two years into a doctorate in depth psychology (which focuses on the unconscious and metaphor). I come from a family of many artists-- woodworkers, ceramicists, oil painters-- but I myself had pretty much dropped off in all my art practices. My partner, a ceramicist, encouraged me to learn kintsugi as a kind of art therapy. I took to it really quickly, and it turned out I have a knack for it. I spent a few months learning as many of the techniques as I could and shadowing his classes at the SF Zen Center, until eventually he gave me his blessing to take over the teaching.I was lucky enough to spend a month in Tokyo and Kyoto in 2019, before I ever learned kintsugi. The animism in the Shinto tradition really spoke to me: the idea that everything is ensouled, that your kintsugi bowl kind of has a life of its own. I had no idea that I would eventually aspire to embody any piece of that tradition.I love teaching because I have the honor and privilege of creating a space where people can slow down and work with their hands, in a world full of tech tools that tend to foster disembodiment. So many of us spend so much time staring into our phones, consuming, consuming, consuming. For a few hours, we get to move away from consumption and into creation, honoring and cherishing the things we already have, and being around other humans. I find that really beautiful.I'm so touched by the way people sometimes come to these workshops as a closing ritual for a breakup, or to process grief, or to mark a transformation they're going through. I do love the metaphor that is kintsugi, of course, but I never try to turn these classes into therapy. Simply the experience of doing it is what's transformational. Something in its broken state already embodies its own kind of wholeness, and kintsugi just makes that concrete.I've taught over 700 students at this point, including at Meta, Pinterest, Atlassian, and Fortune 500 pharmaceutical companies. I've taught 150 people all at once, with a headset mic and cameras on my hands.Current projects: I've just started a project to repair pieces made by a fantastic local ceramicist for a two-star Michelin restaurant here in San Francisco. At the end of the project, I'll have the honor of presenting them to the chef, which is thrilling.
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