Great fun with arty friends

Group exhibition at Narrabeen Tramshed

art and soul members

Mini exhibition at Narrabeen Tramshed Community centre
19-20 June 2021

It was rained again. But inside the exhibition space was filled with laughter and happiness.
We exhibited our own works and painted near the tables, talked and demonstrated our skills and learnt a lot.
Thank you for sharing a wonderful rainy weekend!

art and soul group
2021-06-21T14:36:02+10:00June 21st, 2021|Exhibitions, Origami, Paintings, Workshops|

New venue for the “Virgin Vessels”

Group exhibition continues at North Sydney Council Chamber

When we were restricted to our homes, it was time for me to clean up in my studio.
Most of my schedule of the workshops, demonstrations and exhibitions were cancelled or postponed, I have plenty of time to relax and do my own projects.

One side is closed, then the other opportunity has arrived. 25 members of the Primrose Paper Art group were given the space to exhibit the collaboration work at Project 2060: Home Ward Bound at Coal Loader Centre, North Sydney. 25 of us had learnt to make vessels using paper handmade from recycled paper. The project was great for all the paper artists with all levels of expertise and who work in a variety of mediums, to learn a new form of paper expression.
It was a fun project & a big exhibition. (The report and photo was in my blog on March 2021)

After that, we moved to a new venue at InTransit Art Space, North Sydney Council Chambers
1st Floor, 200 Miller Street, North Sydney till 19 July 2021.
Open 9am-5pm, Mon-Friday

2021-06-21T14:23:34+10:00June 21st, 2021|Exhibitions, Projects|

Podcast with Sally

Enjoy talking about my practice at the Podcast

Podcast by Sally
Big thanks to Sally-Anne Hurley from “How to Love the Sht Out of Life”
She is a wonderful interviewer and I enjoyed talking about origami.
She liked my origami bookmark with her name in Japanese charactors.
Podcast “How to Love the Sht Out of Life”: https://www.howtolovetheshitoutoflife.com/podcast/episode/4c86d5ad/episode-58-how-to-love-the-sht-out-of-origami-with-midori-furze
Midori's origami kangaroos
2021-05-26T13:33:19+10:00May 26th, 2021|Origami, Projects, Workshops|

Interview by Consulate of Japan Sydney

Interview by Jessica Scott

Honoured to be interviewed by the Consulate of Japan.
I was very excited and nervous at the same time about my interview by Jessica Scott from the Consulate of Japan, Sydney.
I am the 10th person to be interviewed, so, I have seen all Jassica’s interviews.
All of them are amazing people in Sydney.
Anyway, I love talking about origami and my projects.
Origami Koi Fish Kite
2021-04-24T23:15:12+10:00April 14th, 2021|Origami, Projects|

Origami Koinobori Project 2021

Feed Me More Kabuto – Visit JPF and fold the Origami

Origami Koi Fish Kite
Join us for the origami project!
In April and May 2021, Japan Foundation in Sydney (Level 4, Central Park 28 Broadway Chippendale NSW) runs the origami project. Anyone can join the fun.
You can make a samurai hat and it will be a part of the koinobori.
This project was well-received at an origami workshop in Tonga, 2019, which I was invited to by The Japan Foundation. I particularly like that this project is based around the concept that people can work together to create a large collaborative work while anyone can participate in at their own pace.
Furthermore, I think this is a project that suits our current situation, where social gatherings are restricted but our desire to be connected with others remains. The Japanese hoist koinobori every year in May, allowing them to swim in the blue skies of spring in Japan. It is these koinobori that wish for children’s good health. I wish that our origami koinobori brings us similar good health here.
2021-04-03T12:30:25+11:00April 3rd, 2021|Origami, Projects|

Group Exhibition “Home ward Bound”

North Sydney Council’s group exhibition

Paper Vessels

The collaborative installation by Primrose Paper Arts. Each vessel symbolises the affirmative process of finding and holding value and the discarding of the unneeded.

I’ve ran the origami workshop during the exhibition and it was really fun!

Project 2060 : Home Ward Bound
March 2021
Coal Loader Tunnel
North Sydney Council

origami workshop
2021-04-03T10:42:18+11:00April 3rd, 2021|Exhibitions, Origami|

311 Paper Cranes

Folded With Love

311 paper cranes
My 311 Paper Cranes installation was displayed at the East Japan disaster commemoration event.
Big thanks to my helpers. I couldn’t have done so well without them and I received a lot of nice feedback about my installation.
Mr Kiya, the Consul of General in Sydney congratulated me for making it.
The main stage events also went very well. I was honoured to meet energetic performers, wonderful volunteer staff, visitors and the sponsors that evening.
The event was on the news on TBS and the reporter was Hiroki Iijima.
Please watch the YouTube link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ0VZ-lE3LQ
Consulate of General of Japan, Sydney
2021-03-20T22:12:34+11:00March 12th, 2021|Exhibitions, Origami, Projects|

A Short Trip to Japan in Balmain

Origami Workshop at Ryokan Gojyuan is Re-commenced!

Ryokan Gojyuan Workshop

Workshops are re-commenced at Ryokan Gojyuan in Balmain.
I did my origami workshop there yesterday. There were Shojin Ryori(Buddhist cuisine cooking class) and Kimono Salon (You can wear kimono!) at the same time, too.
A beautiful little gem in Sydney. Indulge yourself in Japanese culture and customs for a while.
Booking essential.

Check their website: https://ryokangojyuan.com/
More workshop schedule: https://www.ryokangojyuan.com/workshops/event-calendar?month=5&year=2021&next=1

Origami Workshop
2021-03-08T13:16:54+11:00March 8th, 2021|Origami, Workshops|

Give Away – Discount voucher for my origami workshop

Workshop discount voucher is out now!

Feb 2019

How exciting!!

This is my first time to offer you a discount voucher for my origami workshops.
To get your 10% discount on Class Bento website, please use the code, ORIGAMI2021MARCH before you pay the fees.

I have 4 different workshops listed on the ClassBento website.
Origami for adults (max 4 participants per workshop) https://classbento.com.au/origami-workshop-for-adults
For Special Creative Couple (For the first-anniversary couple, 1 couple per workshop) https://classbento.com.au/origami-workshop-for-a-special-creative-couple 
Advanced private lesson (one on one) https://classbento.com.au/advanced-origami-private-lesson
Origami Christmas Workshop (max 4 participants per workshop) https://classbento.com.au/origami-christmas-workshop

If don’t have set any dates for the workshops, please request me with your preferences of the time and the dates (weekend only), I will get back to you asap. The discount will apply for any workshops on any dates in 2021.
Offer ends on 31st March!

Twist Roses
2021-02-18T10:01:06+11:00February 18th, 2021|Origami, Workshops|