Fold with Love 2025

Origami Installation at Pass the Baton

Paper Crane Installation

Thanks to bilingual MC Haruka-san’s initiative, I was in charge of the community origami project, the paper crane installation and workshop at the event hosted by the Sydney Japanese community, JCS.
The event welcomed 88-year-old Hiroshima survivor Ms Keiko Ogura, who spoke to Sydney’s high school students and the public about her experience and the importance of peace. It was a rare and moving opportunity to hear her story firsthand, which deeply touched everyone-including me.
The event was also featured on SBS World News and TBS(Tokyo Broadcasting System).

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Front Door of the Pass the Baton
2025-08-20T20:19:12+10:00August 20th, 2025|Featured, Media, Origami, Projects, Service|

Community Origami Project July 2025

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Origami Project - Pass the Baton

Let’s fold Paper Crane!
I organised two Free origami workshop for everyone!

Please Support the Public Origami Project
We are collecting many paper cranes in July 2025 for the public installation for the event, Pass the Baton.
All materials provided. No experience necessary — we’ll guide you step by step. 15x15cm origami paper donations welcome!
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Origami Workshop Part 1 : Fold Paper Cranes for Peace
Date: Sunday 6 July
Time: 4-4.45pm
Venue: Chatswood Library
Free – Children must be accompanied by their guardians
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Origami Workshop Part 2 : Fold Paper Cranes for Peace
Date:  Monday 7 July
Time: 10.30am -12noon
Venue:  Primrose Paper Arts
Free – Children must be accompanied by their guardians

Whether you’re new to origami or have folded cranes before, your hands and heart are welcome.
Fold with us. Fold with love. Fold for peace.
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Paper Crane
2025-07-03T16:56:00+10:00July 3rd, 2025|Featured, Media, Origami, Service|

Immigration Museum Origami Project

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Origami Paper Trail Melbvourne
I facilitated the Origami project, “Origami Paper Trail” for the Immigration Museum Melbourne.
It was a wonderful opportunity for me to promote the immigration, origami and exhibition.
We immigrate from the sea and sky, so we make boats and butterflies. Once we are in Australia, we welcome the new people, so we make hearts!
I hope we will have a lot of hearts in the installation.
Thank you, Keina from SBS Japanese Radio for the nice interview!
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Origami Paper Trail
22-28 July 2024
Melbourne Central
Pop in and fold origami! Free event
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Origami Paper Trail
SBS Japanese Interview
2025-07-03T16:57:05+10:00July 26th, 2024|Featured, Media, Origami, Service|

Origami Monument Project at Campbelltown

7m Origami Monyument in Campbelltown

My Origami miniature model With Timothy
It is a fantastic opportunity to be a part of the Campbelltown Art Project.
I designed an origami monument for Koshigaya Park in Campbelltown this year.
Koshigaya City in Japan and Campbelltown in Sydney are sister cities and the cities are celebrating their 40th anniversary.
My monument will be about 7 meters high. wow!
Here is the miniature model I created for the presentation.
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Origami Mobirus Ring
2024-04-13T09:40:16+10:00April 13th, 2024|Featured, Media, New Work, Origami, Service|

Farewell Mr Kiya

Sayonara Mr Kiya

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

Consul-General of Japan attended my workshop

What an honour!

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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|

Origami Rubik’s Cube

Free origami workshop at Japan Expo on Sat 3 September!!

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Do you know origami? Have you folded origami before?
Come and join the free origami workshop at Japan Expo on Saturday 3rd September!
Origami isn’t only for making flowers and animals. You can make a unique origami puzzle toy. Using your own fingers and brains are a great exercise for your health. The research shows that origami helps children in developing their thinking & mathematical skills and helps adults in keeping healthy lives. They say making origami is good because when people concentrate creating origami pieces, they stop thinking about their daily worries for a while.
Do you know that Origami, the traditional Japanese craft, is used not only in art, fashion & craft but also in architecture, space science and medical science? Origami attracts scientists and engineers attention. Do you know the airbags in cars use origami designs?
The origami techniques save people’s lives! Isn’t it amazing?!
Some fun origami kits and origami accessories with the top quality Yuzen ‘washi’ paper are for sale.
Booth Number 2
12.30-4pm (Children must attend with adult supervision.)
Register JAPAN EXPO 2022
( Leading JAPAN’s Food, Travel and Culture exhibition )
Looking forward to meeting you there!
Midori Furze, Sydney based Japanese artist
The Japanese Foreign Minister Award in 2022
The consulate of General Japan, Sydney Award in 2016
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2022-08-30T20:41:09+10:00August 24th, 2022|Origami, Workshops|

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