I am excited to announce that Coloratura will once again be hosting a miniature clay workshop at the Japan Festival, held on Sunday, June 29th at Stadshart Amstelveen.
This is the largest Japan-related event in the Netherlands!
This year, I’m focusing on the miniature clay workshop, which is very popular every year, and offering more sessions so that even more people can participate. You’ll have the chance to create tiny Sushi, Japanese food, and traditional sweets (wagashi).
Please come and join the fun !
Location: Stadshart Square, Amstelveen
Date: Sunday, June 29th
Time: 12:00 – 18:00
The workshop is open to adults and children who are able to work independently. Please note that the miniature sushi includes many intricate details, so it is recommended for upper elementary school age and older.
There will be many food stalls and stage performances throughout the day, making it a great outing for families and friends.
I look forward to seeing you there !
* Due to high demand, participation is limited to one session per person. If there are open spots at the start of any session, walk-in participants will be accepted.
Today, I had the pleasure of having a booth at the botanical garden of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
We were blessed with good weather, and the event was lively with many visitors throughout the day.
Since it was “Japan Day,” the venue was filled with a wonderful variety of Japanese-themed items, including kimonos, pottery, handmade goods (including mine from Coloratura), and of course, bonsai trees, fitting for a botanical garden event. There were also bonsai lectures taking place.
Japanese food such as sushi, yakitori, onigiri, and takoyaki was available as well, and seemed many people enjoyed eating these.
Many people who love Japan and Japanese stopped by, and I was delighted that so many people showed interest in my miniature clay art and tsumami zaiku (traditional Japanese fabric crafts).
It was a real joy to chat with such people — a very fulfilling and fun day.
A big thank you to the organizers of Japan Day and to everyone who came to the event.
On Sunday, June 1st, the Japanse Dag(Japanese Day) will be held at the botanical garden of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Botanische Tuin Zuidas), and Coloratura will be joining as a vendor of handmade Japanese-style crafts.
I have a wide selection of miniature clay works, traditional tsumami zaiku flower accessories made from Japanese fabrics, and other Japanese-style decorations and small goods.
There will also be Japanese food stalls, workshops, and more to enjoy.
Location: Van der Boechorststraat 8, 1081 BT Amsterdam
Time: 12:00 – 17:00
We warmly invite you to come and enjoy the event with your friends and family!
I am preparing handmade items such as miniature clay and tsumami crafts this year again at Lodder Bonsai where many bonsai are sold in the Netherlands.
March 8th (Sat) 9:00-17:00 March 9th (Sun) 10:00-16:00
Hugo de Vriesweg 1 348JA Harmelen
Are you interested in Bonsai or Japanese goods..?
There are so many bonsai, and many different shops on the day. Please come and enjoy with your family or friends.
Open day at garden complex was held yesterday in Amstelveen [Tuinvereniging Nesserlaan] and I sold my handmade goods in there.
The visitors to this market were mostly local people, and many people stopped by, saying 'How beautiful!' when they saw the small miniature clay art or colourful Japanese style flower accessories. I had a lot of fun interacting with them while selling the items.
In lovely weather, we were able to spend a relaxing weekend with the locals.
There were also stalls selling the garden's owner's homemade jams, fruit liquor, eggs produced here, and honey, handicrafts, wooden products, also a workshop corner, a raffle, and visitors seemed to enjoy themselves.
Many people participated in Coloratura's miniature clay workshops, origami and other workshops again this year.
All workshops were popular and fully booked.
This year, we were able to use one booth, allowing more people to experience the workshops in a larger space.
It seems that many people saw my workshops and participated on the spot, and I am pleased that more people were able to know about Coloratura's activities through the Japan Festival.
We were also happy to see that there were people who were unable to participate last year and came before the festival started, hoping to participate this year.
It is nice that men and women, adults and children...all kinds of people participate and enjoyed it at this Japan Festival.
Everyone was concentrating during the workshops, but when they finished, they had a wonderful smile(^^) I am glad that many people enjoyed the workshops and am pleased that they were happy.
Thank you very much to everyone who participated and showed interest.
The Japan Festival in Amstelveen is one of the largest Japanese events in the Netherlands, with over 10,000 visitors.
At the event Coloratura will hold Japanese-style handicraft workshops again this year.
The miniature clay (Japanese food, Japanese sweets) workshop that is popular every year...
This time I will be offering small sushi and Japanese sweets.
I will also have workshops that you can make Japanese-style fabric charms to attach to your bag or cell phone, as well as chopstick holder and coaster using origami paper.
Please come and join us.
Location: Amstelveen Stadsplein
Date and time: Sunday, June 30th, 12:00-18:00
*From children old enough to sit and work alone to adults (since miniature clay 'sushi' is somewhat difficult.)
There are also many Japanese food stalls and stage performances.
Please come with your family and friends and enjoy!
✳︎ Every year, the workshops were fully booked and many people were unable to join. If you are interested, please come early.
✳︎ To allow as many people as possible to participate, we will limit participation to one session per person (if there are spaces available at the start of each workshop, you may be able to join on the spot).
We were blessed with good weather, and so many people came that there were times when it was hard to move along the canal-side streets.
Many of the visitors to this market are Japan lovers, and there were people dressed in kimonos, kimono-style costumes, and cosplay.
This year, Coloratura's booth was the very first one you would see when coming from Leiden Central Station. Many people were interested in my Japanese style handicrafts and it was lively with many visitors(^^)
We were very pleased to have the opportunity to participate in such a market organized by the Japan Museum Sieboldhuis.
Thank you to everyone who visited and to the organizers…
