Activity
Tsumami zaiku exhibition in Tokyo
Hello. I am Naoko Noguchi, ITA Certified Teacher in France. I participated in an exhibition “NO BORDERS A TWENTY - FIRST CENTURY EXHIBIT” held from 21 - 25 January 2025 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. Unfortunately, I could not go to see the exhibition since I live far from Japan but I saw some of the photos and the videos. All the other participants' creations are amazing for the technique and the design side as well, I just regret I could not see them for real. For this exhibition, I made one piece of hair accessories. The title is “Hair Ornaments for a Bride at Garden Party” Tsumami zaiku […]
Tsumami zaiku activity in Singapore
Hello!I am Juveina Sim, ITA Certified Teacher from Singapore, also known as Jing静 from Jing Creations Sg. On 18 December 2024, I conducted workshops under LOST ARTS FOUND residency hosted by Play! as part of *SCAPE Community Arts Residency Programme 2025. I thought very hard about the purpose and goals of the workshop sessions. I think I would like to introduce the traditional method of Tsumami Zaiku. I would also like to share about the history of Tsumami Zaiku and the depth of the craft so that participants can have a newfound appreciation for Tsumami Zaiku and other traditional crafts after the session. I decided upon a simple design clip with […]
Tsumami zaiku workshop for exchange students in University
Hello! I am Tomomi Yamashita, ITA Representative Director, and instructor. As I mentioned in last week's newsletter, we offered a Tsumami zaiku workshop to 36 international students from the university in Tokyo the other day. We were asked to hold a workshop for them to experience Japanese culture as part of their university class. The international students came from all over the world: Korea, Taiwan, China, Singapore, Indonesia, the United States, England, Spain, Russia, Mexico, and Australia. Since we had two hours, I first prepared materials to lecture them about tsumami zaiku. The classroom lecture took about 10 minutes with lots of visuals so that students won't get bored.After that, […]
Craft festival "Monomachi" in Tokyo!
Hello, I am Rei Furuya, ITA Certified Teacher, and director of ITA. From 24th to 26th last month, Monomachi, an event held in Tokyo's Taito Ward, was held. Ateliers, studios, and stores offered workshops and other opportunities for visitors to experience their skills. This year, 110 stores participated in the event. My studio “Aoi Kai” also participated in the event as we did last year. About 90 people attended the workshop this year. The wide age range, from 3 years old to elderly participated. It is always a lot of work to prepare for the event, but we received comments such as, “I was looking forward to experiencing tsumami zaiku!", “I came last […]
Market Event in Singapore
Hello, I am Juveina Sim, ITA Certified Teacher, and founder of Jing Creations SG, from Singapore. On 11-12 May 2024, I attended Doujin Market event and shared a booth there with my partner under our shared brand name Just Kidding! Amidst this electrifying celebratory gathering of Singapore’s doujin culture, I took the opportunity to share about the traditional craft of tsumami zaiku with visitors who dropped by my booth. I brought some new stuff to Doujima. Hanami Dango and Hana Dango (花見団子と花団子) Previously I had written about my chirimen Hanami Dango hairclips in the Doujinfes Kallang post. For Doujima, I brought many new flavors - Hana Dango. They are Matcha, […]
Honorable Mention in the AJC(Arts Japan Craft) Creators Contest!
Hello, I am Cecil Lee, ITA Certified Teacher in China! Last month, my tsumami zaiku work was exhibited in the AJC Creators Contest in Tokyo. So I would like to introduce my 2024 AJC Creators Contest entry items. It’s a wonderful journey with the AJC in the 2024 spring. My work name was “Years of Sea and Mountains”, I used Japanese paper to make the sea and mountains, and made the Japanese paradise flycatcher by using the tsumami zaiku technique. First I made the double-thickness Japanese paper with glue and then drew 55 pieces of sea and 15 pieces of mountain patterns on the paper, finally will cut along the […]
Kids Tsumami Workshop in France
<Kids workshop for Azuki Bunko Versailles> Hello I am Naoko Noguchi, ITA Certified Teacher in France. On 10th March, I held a kid's workshop for Azuki Bunko Versailles.Azuki bunko is an organization that organizes a kids' library once a month for Japanese kids living around Versailles.They also organize a kids’ workshop once every two months. This is a great opportunity for Japanese kids living in France to access many Japanese books or also to learn Japanese culture through the workshops. This month I introduced Tsumami Zaiku to the kids. Since there were around 20 kids and the kids’ ages were mainly small(2-5 years old), I chose a method that kids […]
Anime Event and Tsumami zaiku in Singapore
Hello! ITA Certified Teacher 006, Juveina Sim from Singapore recently attended an anime event in Singapore, Doujinfes @ Leisure Park Kallang and here is the event report. Doujinfes @ Leisure Park Kallang was held on 24 & 25 February 2024. It was an exciting weekend where cosplayers, artists, creators, makers, fans etc gathered together to hang out, take photos, shop at Artist Alley etc. There are many booths by amazingly talented creators who market their original illustrations, fan art merchandise, handmade crafts etc. Doujinfes Team Artist Instagram : @kuehmerlion Juveina also boothed at the event, sharing with her crocheter partner (IG: @kquaintsg ). She sells her original creations tsumami zaiku hair […]