Mar 31, 2010 Posted by Mark Morden in Public Folding Event

PAPER at SAAM

This Saturday, April 3, 2010, is the Free First Saturday at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, sponsored by Wells Fargo. Attendance to the museum is free.

This weekend is the opening weekend of the Japanese woodblock print exhibition,  Fleeting Beauty.  This exhibition brings together prints from the most renowned ukiyo-e artists of the 18th and 19th centuries—including Harunobu, Utamaro, Eishi and Hiroshige—along with Hokusai’s most beloved prints, Great Wave off Kanagawa and Red Fuji. These Japanese woodblock prints demonstrate an evocative play between delicate ink lines and rich blocks of color in portraits of beautiful women and kabuki actors, jewel-like landscapes of famous places, and more. Drawn from the Mary and Allan Kollar Collection, a gift to the Seattle Art Museum on the occasion of its 75th Anniversary, this installation introduces the region to a remarkable collection of prints, all taken from early impressions and in excellent condition.

PAPER will be at SAAM from 11:00am to 2:00pm to teach the visitors origami. Stop by to see the beautiful and woodblock print exhibit and to learn some origami.

SAAM is located in Discovery park on Seattle’s Capitol Hill. Visit their web site for directions or use this map to locate the museum.

Mar 10, 2010 Posted by Mark Morden in Meetings

March PAPER meeting

This Sunday, March 14, will be our next PAPER meeting. This month we get together at the library in Redmond from 1-4 pm. We have two projects planned for the afternoon. I will teach a one-piece box with a woven closure. This model was created by Clemente Giusto. Rebecca will teach her own modular to us. It doesn’t have a name, but for now we can call it the “It’s not the Ichi Bashi ball” modular. Come see for your self. Here is information about the Redmond Library.

Please note that we will not be having a meeting in April. There are several events we will be participating in during the month. The first weekend we will have a booth at Sakura-Con as well as hosting a folding session at the SAAM on Saturday, April 3. The weekend of April 16-18 is the Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival. We will be there teaching origami to the festival visitors. With so much going on, we’ll take a meeting break next month.

To find out more about these events and how you can participate either come to our meeting on Sunday or email me (markmorden AT comcast.net) or Lori Gregory (loribethg AT comcast.net).