About Midori Furze

I am a Japanese-born, Sydney-based multidisciplinary artist and I am an active participant in the local art community. As well as exhibiting my works in a number of group and solo exhibitions, I often run origami workshops and community origami projects.

How small can you fold?

Children are amazing!

small origami

I love visiting schools and school holiday care centres.
We always have fun and some kids are amazing.
For today’s workshop, I brought different-sized paper.

The smallest I brought was 3x3cm.
But some children kept challenging themselves smaller and smaller!

Such amazing talented kids and everyone has crowded around and cheered them.

Looking forward to seeing them again soon.

Workshop at school

2023-01-26T21:35:14+11:00January 26th, 2023|Origami, Projects, Service, Workshops|

Origami Workshop for Adults 2023

⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s time to put your mobile down and start folding~!

workshop flyer
Hi, origami lovers and supporters,
My next two workshops at Kintsugi Australia Studio near Sydney QVB are listed below.
Special Handmade Gift Box – Sun 19 March 1.30-3pm
Modular Origami Challenge – Sun 16 April 1.30-3pm
Limited spaces are available. Looking forward to seeing you soon.

2023-05-13T12:02:22+10:00January 7th, 2023|Origami, Workshops|

New Exhibition “Rhythm of Sumi Ink”

Midori’s exhibition

Japanese Ink Drawing Exhibition
“Rhythm of Sumi Ink”
29 Nov – 17 Dec

at Kyushu Japanese Restaurant (9-11 Grosvenor St Neutral Bay. The restaurant opens 12noon till late on Tuesdays to Fridays. 12noon to 3pm on Saturdays. Close on Sundays & Mondays. The exhibition can be viewed during the restaurant’s opening hours.)

Sumi-e is the Japanese art of black ink drawings on thin Japanese papers.
Inks can’t be erased from the paper once you apply it and the rhythm of the strokes are very important as well as the colours and the sizes of the strokes.

2023-05-13T12:02:56+10:00November 19th, 2022|Exhibitions, Projects|

Farewell Mr Kiya

Sayonara Mr Kiya

FarewellMrKiya
Mr Masahiko Kiya has been an amazing Consul-General of Japan, Sydney.
He led, pushed and encouraged us to the success of Japanaroo 2022!
Mr Yamagami (Canberra’s Embassy of Japan) called him, “Mr Japanaroo”
Some of the Japanaroo staff and Japan Expo volunteers had Mr Kiya’s farewell party at James Squire’s Brewhouse in Circular Quey.
We can see the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House from there.
It has been a wonderful experience for involving in the Japanaroo events for 2 years.
We will miss you and wish you great success in the next city.
(The photo below is Mr Kiya at the zoom origami workshop at Japanaroo plus opening.)
Consul-General Kiya

2022-09-18T21:25:21+10:00September 18th, 2022|Media, Origami|

Japanese Foreign Minister’s Award

Big thanks to Consul-General Kiya

Japanese Foreign Minister's Award
I received the 2022 Japanese Foreign Minister’s Award.
I am one of 197 individuals to receive the award from all over the world and only one from Sydney.
It is for my long-time contribution to the promotion of origami art and Japan-Australia cultural exchange. I was very thrilled to be acknowledged and appreciated by the Japanese Government.
(Image left taken by Kazuya Baba, Nichigo Press)
ForeignMinisterAward

2022-10-28T15:51:11+11:00September 17th, 2022|Media, Origami|

Consul-General of Japan attended my workshop

What an honour!

ConsulGeneralMrMrsKiya
Another huge successful workshop! My origami Workshop for Adults class was full 2 weeks before the workshop!
Even Mr Kiya, the consul-General of Japan, Sydney had attended with his wife.
We made two different boxes and many twist roses.

Thank you very much for all the participants.

I also received some wonderful reviews about the workshop.
Here is one of them:
Midori is a lovely, patient, knowledgeable teacher who always has her students making amazing things and loving what they have made. Midori is a very experienced and talented origami practitioner who also inspires students with new levels of origami items they can aspire to making. She supplies great materials and notes and you learn more about what you can use to make origami in each class.
Thank you, Anne. You are awesome!
Big thanks to Jun-san & Hitomi-san, the Kintsugi Australia for letting me use the space.
Origami box and flowers

2022-09-07T20:35:43+10:00September 7th, 2022|Origami, Workshops|

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