Play with Origami Pets!
Filming the origami tutorial for the Online Pet Festival at Willoughby Council.
It was FUN!!
Hope many children (and adults like me!) will have fun with the tutorials we made today.
Willoughby Pet Festival will be on Saturday 10th October.
You can post your creation on Instagram with #willoughbylovespets
Attend the 60th birthday celebration for our Emperor
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Honoured to be invited!
I am so delighted to receive the invitations each time from Consulate of Japan, Sydney for their functions since 2015.
To show my gratitude, I created an artwork with cranes to the birthday gift. And I wish our Emperor for his long & healthy life.
There are many important Japanese businesses in Sydney which have been contributed a lot to the economy. But the Consulate of Japan recognises my glass-root activities for origami. That’s a huge encouragement not only for me, but also all the enthusiasts for the Japanese culture without being in big organisations. We love our culture and we are working very hard in Sydney.
The word “Origami” came from Japanese word, but the origami is for everyone, not only for Japanese.
When I look around me, there are more non-Japanese origamists whom I really respect them and their works.
I will just do what I can do and spread the love of origami.
I also want to know what others do and we can connect and create origami future together.
Wow! What an amazing origami!
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Origami Challenge (Manly Arts Festival)
Sun 22 September 2019 10.30am-1.30pm
I organised the origami challenge with Sherine Tan and Winnie Leung.
Photographer: Ken Chu
Great success! We had many visitors and everone seemed to enjoy folding.
There are many amazing works on display and impressed the visitors.
Origami Koi fish kite project
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27-30 August 2019, I was invited by Japanese Embassy in Tonga and Japan Foundation, Sydney to run origami project / workshops in Tonga. It was a wonderful opportunity for me, so happy to be there.
Children’s happy faces were so beautiful. They were also very keen to learn origami!
I collected about 270 origami samurai helmets and made 2 Koinobori for Tonga.
The Koi Fish Kite (Koinobori) were presented to Tonga Red Cross and Japanese Embassy in Tonga.
Thank you, Miho and all the people in Tonga!!
Origami, Soroban (Abacus) and rugby
I’m going to Tonga for the origami workshops!!
Recently, I have met Mr Hopoi Taione.
He is Tongan-born former rugby player for Japanese national team and a business man in Sydney.
He builts the connection between Tongan and Japan for a long time.
I went to see him because I wanted to learn more about Tonga. He is a funny and friendly giant.
He was chosen to go to Japan to learn Abacus. While he was in Uni, he became a rugby player.
He was the first non-Japanese player who played for Japanese national team.
I was invited to run the origami workshops there in August this year by the Japanese Embassy. and Japan Foundation , Sydney.
I am looking forward to meeting more Tongan people soon!
Farewell to Mr & Mrs Takewaka, the consulate of general, Japan, Sydney.
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The consul-general of Japan in Sydney, Mr Takewaka was so wonderful, I wish he can stay in Sydney for many years.
I am sure many Sydney people have also missed him but we all wish him for his success in his next position, the ambassoder in Laos.
The photo was taken at the consul-general of Japan’s beautiful house.
It was nice taking photos with Mr & Mrs Takewaka, the violinist, Aiko Goto, the calligrapher, Ren Yano and I.
The drummers are Wadaiko Rindo.
Give me a smile each time I see it.
I hand painted with the traditional Japanese paints on Japanese washi paper.
Then folded origami roses one by one.
I added a knot with a red string – Double leaf knot is a very special knot which bring you a very good luck.
As a creator myself, I am so happy what I created.
Gives me a big smile each time I see the work.
Let’s fold pigs!
2019 origami workshop is going to start at Art Gallery of NSW!
We are making pigs and other animals to celebrate 2019 Lunar fesstival.
Hope to see you there! Let’s have fun.
Booking essential: https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/calendar/holiday-workshop-origami/
Japanese Day at Parkdale PS
I have been so lucky to be invited Parkdale Primary School to run the origami project.
700 students from Kindy to Year 6 have participated in it.
Well done Parkdale PS!
Credit card commercial
While ago, I worked for the bank credit card commercial. It was a fantastic experience working with many different special talented people at Collider.
Here is their page:
Collider worked closely with origami artist Midori Furze to develop this spot for NAB Credit Cards. We recreated each of Furze’s two-times scaled paper models in CG and animated the folding in the spirit of stop-motion animation by using 3D blend-shapes.
