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Create Beautiful Chigirie

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13
Aug

Weekly Chigirie Tutorial Join Joan Mead-Matsui, your Chigirie instructor and resident artist. Joan is a master Chigirie artist and the founder of one of the premier Chigirie learning sites and galleries on the web. She founded Chigirie.com 25 years ago and since then, has taught adult and children’s Japanese paper craft classes. Get Started! In much the same way you would build a structure from the ground up, the same holds true for an art […]

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Artist Stumbling Blocks

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Chigirie Japanese Torn Paper Collage Art
09
Aug

Join “Learn Chigirie with Joan Mead-Matsui” today and you’ll find the support to tackle those projects that seem complicated. I’ll guide you along with step-by-step instructions so you can create projects you’ll cherish for years to come.

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Japanese Paper Art Rooted in Culture

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06
Jan

Folding to Painting Paper-Making at The Heart of Traditional Japanese Art Japanese paper art is rooted in culture. Chances are you’ve seen Japanese art somewhere – perhaps in a museum, advertisement, textbook. Maybe you’ve visited Japan and had an opportunity to experience the country’s art culture up close and personal. Art can be found almost everywhere you go.  Classic Japanese art covers a wide variety of genres. Origami, paper folding, is one of the most famous […]

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Inspiration From The Masters

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The Barnes Foundation Philadelphia Art Museum
17
Dec

The Barnes Foundation Why are we so fascinated with museums? If you can’t answer that question immediately, watch this video clip from my afternoon at The Barnes Foundation to jog your memory  Finding the inspiration that’ll fuel your own artistic spirit can be a daunting task. When was the last time you visited an art museum? Whether you’re an artist, aficionado, or collector, an afternoon spent amongst some of the world’s most coveted art can lift […]

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A specialty bookstore in Seattle changed my life

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22
Aug

  Sometime around the mid-1990s, I was weary of the politics of public relations and marketing and gradually discovered art was much more relaxing and the freedom of self-employment was too good to ignore. That’s when I decided I needed a break and scaled down to a part-time temporary position as a secretary at a Scranton, Pennsylvania law firm. While working part-time, I formally launched “Mrs. Matsui’s Origami, (handmade paper creations),” a craft business dedicated to […]

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