Wabi-sabi and kintsugi Animated HTML website template

The sample page

Mossmend. Ceramics and kintsugi studio in Portland.

The idea

Each crack in the bowl becomes a vein of gold that catches the light from a Portland window: what broke is what shines.

What to try

Watch the cracks fill with gold one by one, drag the bowl to turn it, and give it a tap to hear how a mended piece rings.

Made for

Ceramicists, spas, tea and chef-led restaurants

Palette

• #E3DCCF
• #F1ECE2
• #2B2926
• #6E7353
• #8C6A50
• #C9A350

Typefaces

Shippori Mincho + Zen Kaku Gothic New

Cultural notes

• Explains that fresh urushi can cause a skin rash and offers resin only for decorative pieces, with no food-safety promises.
• Kintsugi is presented as a Japanese craft the teacher learned at a lacquer workshop in Kyoto; no Japanese characters, bamboo, ensō or stereotypes.
• Gold lives only in the seams: the crack is a repair, not decoration.

The HTML

What you download

• A single index.html file with nothing to install: open it, swap in your brand and copy, and upload it to your hosting.
• In English and Spanish, tested on desktop and mobile.
• Instructions for changing copy, colors, language and prices, plus its license.