Valentines Day Origami 3D Geo Heart
Fold with Love for your valentines day
Origami Workshop at Dyson George Street Sydney was very interesting!
We made Origami 3D geo Heart.
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Lavender Bay view from the window
Origami was very popular at Japan Travel Fair
I run the origami workshop at the Japan Travel Fair 2023 at Luna Park Sydney.
It was a very popular fair and about 4,000 visitors in 2 days and everyone loved origami workshop!
Thank you very much for coming to my origami workshop! Big thanks to all the supporters!
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Origami Workshop for Adults 2023
⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s time to put your mobile down and start folding~!
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.
Booking essential: https://classbento.com.au/u1596da2a426dc-date-widget.
Happy New Year!
2023 is the year of the rabbit!
Happy New Year!
Red Bunnies Wish you a joyous 2023!
The schedules for my next origami workshop for adults are set.
Sunday 19 March 1.30-3 pm Special Handmade Gift Box
Sunday 16 April 1.30-3 pm Modular Origami Challenge
Seats are limited. Book now! : https://classbento.com.au/midorifurze
Looking forward to seeing you soon!
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.
Magpie Sumi-e Work
Three Magpies
Midori’s new Sumi-e artwork.
” Three Magpies”
Japanese ink on Japanese (Gasen) paper.
New Sumi-e Work
California Poppy in a glass jar
Midori’s new Sumi-e artwork.
” Poppies with a glass jar”
Japanese ink on Japanese (Hon-Gasen) paper.
Farewell Mr Kiya
Sayonara Mr Kiya
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.)
Japanese Foreign Minister’s Award
Big thanks to Consul-General Kiya
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)
Article on Nichigo Press in Japanese : https://nichigopress.jp/topics-item/46296/?fbclid=IwAR2sbf7mwRTA4daG6jnOTOba3n7MZ-kAOIFyQZJnvivkKsVxpx2lfA1yxV0
Consul-General of Japan attended my workshop
What an honour!
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.
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.
