Make Christmas ornaments with origami!
Event Date:December 2018th (Saturday), 12th (Sunday), 15nd (Saturday), 16
Ended.
Open Time:11:00-12:30 on all days
Place:Karuizawa New Art Museum 1st floor
Conduct:Curator
Target:From children to adults (parents are also required for children up to middle school age)
Application / Contact
Karuizawa New Art Museum
Tel. 0267-46-8691
Exhibition Section
In this workshop, you will create a polyhedron made of 3 to 12 pieces of origami paper. By combining different colors, you can make a wonderful ornament! Why not decorate your tree at home and the tree at the museum with original ornaments? It can be enjoyed by both children and adults.
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Christmas and New Year Workshops
REPORT
The final event of the year, the two-week December event "Make Christmas Ornaments with Origami!" workshop, has concluded without any problems.
This time, about 20 people participated, ranging from children to adults.
This workshop was originally conceived with the desire to plan a project to make Christmas decorations, but it became even more exciting when two wonderful guests joined in through a chance encounter.
The first person was Mr. Tokunaga, an origami master who was introduced to us by chance at a favorite coffee shop where the curator himself went to announce the workshop. He brought a mountain of konpeitō-shaped paper balls made from 1 pieces of square colored paper cut vertically into four pieces, and gave them to the participants as gifts.
On the first day, we had a volunteer. The other was "Arai-kun", a third grader who was introduced to us by an art teacher at Karuizawa Junior High School and is good at origami. He helped out in the second week and was a very friendly and encouraging helper.
The workshop started with learning how to fold origami units, then we tried our hand at folding a triangular polyhedron with three pieces, a cube with six pieces, and finally a polyhedron with 3 pieces.
Although origami paper balls are very simple, they have the potential to develop a variety of skills, such as endurance, color sense, and mathematical sensibility.
However, the participants also seemed to have a high sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.
The 23rd, the day after the workshop ended, and the 24th, were both three-day weekends, so the museum was very busy and the origami corner was left standing, which was bustling with adults and children alike.
Once again, I was surprised and impressed by the depth and charm of the Japanese tradition of origami.
This event has been so well received that we would like to plan it again, so please check out the workshop information.
Thank you to Tokunaga-san and Arai-kun for volunteering this time. If you live in Karuizawa and would like to be involved in the museum's activities in the future, please feel free to contact us.
This time, about 20 people participated, ranging from children to adults.
This workshop was originally conceived with the desire to plan a project to make Christmas decorations, but it became even more exciting when two wonderful guests joined in through a chance encounter.
The first person was Mr. Tokunaga, an origami master who was introduced to us by chance at a favorite coffee shop where the curator himself went to announce the workshop. He brought a mountain of konpeitō-shaped paper balls made from 1 pieces of square colored paper cut vertically into four pieces, and gave them to the participants as gifts.
On the first day, we had a volunteer. The other was "Arai-kun", a third grader who was introduced to us by an art teacher at Karuizawa Junior High School and is good at origami. He helped out in the second week and was a very friendly and encouraging helper.
The workshop started with learning how to fold origami units, then we tried our hand at folding a triangular polyhedron with three pieces, a cube with six pieces, and finally a polyhedron with 3 pieces.
Although origami paper balls are very simple, they have the potential to develop a variety of skills, such as endurance, color sense, and mathematical sensibility.
However, the participants also seemed to have a high sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.
The 23rd, the day after the workshop ended, and the 24th, were both three-day weekends, so the museum was very busy and the origami corner was left standing, which was bustling with adults and children alike.
Once again, I was surprised and impressed by the depth and charm of the Japanese tradition of origami.
This event has been so well received that we would like to plan it again, so please check out the workshop information.
Thank you to Tokunaga-san and Arai-kun for volunteering this time. If you live in Karuizawa and would like to be involved in the museum's activities in the future, please feel free to contact us.
