Florescence: A Tsumami-Zaiku Exhibition by Cora Fung

Date: 26th-30th October 2024

Time: 12pm-6pm

Venue: Butcher Works Gallery, 72 Arundel Street, Sheffield, S1 2NS

Date: 29th September 2024 (Sunday)

Time: 11:00am to 6:00pm

Venue: Pavilion Gardens Buxton, St Johns Road Buxton SK17 6BE

Admission: £10 single Price, Family £35, under 5s free, £12 on the door

Remember we will be at the Tanabata Festival at Cutlery Works tomorrow.

Our session starts at 12pm and I will be demonstrating at our stall. It’s free to come. See you tomorrow.

Japan Fest Derby

Date: 13th July 2024 (Saturday)

Time: 11:30 am – 5:00 pm

Venue: QUAD ,Market Place Cathedral Quarter, Market Pl, Derby DE1 3AS

Tickets: £20 / £15 (concession) / £50 (Family: 2 Adults + 2 Children under 16)

Japan Fest Welcome Asia

Date: 4th May 2024 (Saturday)

Time: 10am – 5pm

Venue: Cromford Mills, Mill Rd, Matlock, DE4 3RQ

On 2nd and 3rd December, we will be back at the Kelham Island Museum once again to join the Victorian Christmas Market.

Victorian Christmas Market 2023

Venue: Kelham Island Museum 

2nd Dec 10:00-18:00; 3th Dec 10:00-17:00

Kachoufuugetsu – Selected work by Cora Fung

A Tsumami-Zaiku Exhibition
Part of Saan1 Fest: Glimpse of Japan

Preview: 7th December 2023 6pm-9pm

Open: 8th-10th December 2023 12pm-6pm

Venue: Saan1, 5 Kelvin St, Manchester, M4 1ET

This year will be the last Doki Doki Japanese festival, so please come and visit to enjoy.

Date: 9th and 10th September 2023

Time: 11:00 am to 5:30 pm

Location: Sugden Sports Centre, Manchester

We are delighted to share that since the start of April, we are selling our range of Tsumami-Zaiku headpieces and jewellery at Art and Soul in Hull.

If you have been following our social media, you might have noticed our Takara new logo popping up here and there. Yes, I have finally designed a logo for Takara.

Great News. In less than 4 weeks time, we will be trading at the Victorian Christmas Market at the Kelham Island Museum 🎄 from the 3rd Dec to 4th Dec.

We are open for Christmas pre-order now, please visit our pre-order category. There are jewellery and hair ornaments to choose from.

Hi Folk, it is more than 2 years since we last traded at a craft fair. We are delighted that we will be trading in person at the Doki Doki Japanese Festival in Manchester on the 27th and 28th August.

Happy Hina Matsuri! Today is the Doll Festival (or Girls’ Day) in Japan. It’s a traditional festival during which families pray for the health and happiness of their female children. Celebration of Hina Matsuri consists of an elaborate display of royal court dolls 🎎 and a wide variety of colourful traditional food. Wishing girls around the world a happy and healthy life 💖

Happy Luna New Year! Do you know?: Japan used to adopt the Lunisolar Calendar and celebrated Shogatsu the same time as the rest of East Asia.

Being the first post of 2022, we wish everyone a wonderful year ahead. あけましておめでとう!

It’s been two tough years, we wish you all a very merry Christmas.

See you again after the holiday!

It’s almost Christmas and New Year, and I think a clean at the studio is needed. My table is covered with flowers and half-finished work. I am sure having a tidy table is going to help me work better.

Over the past weeks, we had been working extra hard to prepare the new stock for All Good Stuff at Butcher Works. After a few sleepless nights, all of the pieces can now be found in the shop.

As Christmas is closing by, we have also sorted out gift boxes for you and they are beautifully presented.

Inspired by the refreshing, cool and sunny days of early autumn, Ryo is a set of three bright and spirited headpieces.

Ryo features vivid yellow chrysanthemums and hand-painted blue asters, accompanied by platycodons and a hand-painted butterfly.

Before I begin, I would like to express my gratitude to Miss Tomomi Yamashita from Knot Japan, who provided valuable information on the history of Tsumami-Zaiku, as well as much needed support to fellow Tsumami-Zaiku artists around the world. When I began my artistic journey of Tsumami-Zaiku in early 2016, I could not find much information about the craft. Living in the UK, I didn’t have access to lessons or textbooks, so I learnt the…

This week our work was featured on another article by Yamashita Tomomi from Knot Japan.

This article’s focus is in collaboration of western fascinator and tsumami zaiku kanzashi.

Another attempt at making a Blue Ranunculus Flower!

We hope that you had a good long weekend.

Ranunculus,

A Curious Red Flower

Happy Monday !

A firey peony for you this week, this queen of flowers really suits this little heatwave. Hope it will warm you up and starts the week full of energy.

At the beginning of the year, we started a remaking art project of this headpiece from two years ago. We thought that it was very well made at the time.

However it is not coincided with our current style anymore , so we had decided to take it apart.

Happy Hina Matsuri! Today is the Doll Festival in Japan.

Wishing girls around the world a happy and healthy life 💖

Happy Lunar New Year! Welcome to the #yearoftheox .

Wish everyone good luck.

New year new start!

Made a door number plate for our studio.

This eye-catching peacock on our Hagoita is accompanied with plum blossoms, peach blossoms, camellia, chrysanthemum and asters. A blue and white mizuhiki ume knot was added at the bottom to complete the design.

This year’s Etsy Made Local is going online and we will be joining! 🎉

21st and 22nd November 2020

Expect awesome new items for Christmas 🎄☃️.

Find us on #EtsySheffonline

I am getting all exciting because, in a few weeks time, I will be speaking in this online tsumami-zaiku event: The Art of the Pinch: A Lecture and Demonstration on Tsumami Zaiku

This event is organised by my fellow Tsumami zaiku artist Miss Tomomi Yamashita and The Japan Foundation, London.

To save you time to search our Instagram for all of them, we have decided to group the selection of the works in a few posts. Here is the first part of the Tsumami Zaiku Month Collection : Chrysanthemum, Butterflies, Gold Fishes and Sea Shell in Wave.

Hime nori is crucial for tsumami zaiku yet difficult to find. Let me show you how to make your own hime nori for your tsumami zaiku projects.

Phoenix with wisteria in purple works really well.

The gradual change from dark purple to white of the wisteria brings out another dimension to the design.

Live on Instagram tomorrow 6th May at 12pm UTC. Come and join me.

https://www.instagram.com/takara.sheffield/

We have designed this Kanzashi Cherry Blossom Branch Bottle Terrarium, so that everyone can enjoy an indoor hanami.

Enjoy and stay safe.

To ease my (and your) boredom of the lockdown in the UK, I am going to do an Instagram live tomorrow 1st April at 12pm UK time.

It’s not a tutorial but more of a demonstration plus general chit-chat. I will be speaking in English mostly but if you are from Japan or HK I will be responding in Japanese and Cantonese as well.

Link here: https://www.instagram.com/takara.sheffield/

Just to let you know that we are still trading as usual but shipment may be delayed. We have redecorated the bottles of roses and added reindeer moss to it. They are now available in our Etsy store in 5 colours

Staying at home can be boring, so I decided to make more new stuff to stimulate my brain. Here is my first attempt at blue (purple?) bell.

9th – 10th November, 2019

11:00 to 17:30

Sugden Sports Centre, 114 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HL

18th – 19th May 2019

11:00 to 18:00

Fly DSA Arena, Broughton Ln, Sheffield S9 2DF

Map: FlyDSA Arena Sheffield

Date:  29th March, 2019

Time: 10:00 to 17:00

Address:  48 Arundel Gate, Sheffield S1 2PP

Etsy Made Local Sheffield 2018

Cutlers’ Hall , Church St, Sheffield S1 1HG

1st December 2018, 10:00 – 17:00

2nd December 2018, 11:00 – 16:00

We are glad to be back to the All Good Stuff at Butcher Works for another creative workshop. As Christmas is near, we would like to offer you something very interesting and unique. You will have a chance to create your own wall hanging Christmas tree with the textile technique – Kanzashi.

All Good Stuff at Butcher Works, 72 Arundel St, Sheffield S1 2NS

21st November 2018, 18:30 – 21:00

* Refreshment will be available during the workshop

Takara Crafts at Doki Doki Manchester 2018 – We are glad to be able to have a stall in the Doki Doki The Manchester Japanese Festival 2018. We are in the Hall A&B. Hopefully, we will see a lot of you.

10th November, 2018

10:00 to 19:00

Sugden Sports Centre, 114 Grosvenor St, Manchester M1 7HL

Tapton Hall, Shore Ln, Sheffield S10 3BU

5th August 2018 11:00am – 4pm

Free Entry

All Good Stuff at Butcher Works

24th June 2018, 13:30 – 16:00

£20

Kanzashi Artwork and Textile Jewellery | Millennium Gallery Craft Market May 2018

12th May, 2018

Time: 11:00 to 16:00

Address: Millennium Gallery, Arundel Gate, Sheffield, S1 2PP

Cora will be demonstrating the process of making Kanzashi artworks which involves folding fabrics, creating designs and mounting onto frames.

5th to 7th May, 2018
12th to 13th May, 2018
Time: 11:00 to 17:00
Address:  All Good Stuff, 72 Arundel St, Sheffield S1 2NS

28th April, 2018

Time: 11:00 to 15:00

Address:  All Good Stuff, 72 Arundel St, Sheffield S1 2NS

21st April, 2018

10:00 to 16:00

Bramall Lane, S2 4QZ Sheffield

10th March,2018 to 21st April, 2018

Every Friday 4pm – 8pm
Every Saturday  11am – 3pm

Address: Old Market Gallery, Market St, Rotherham S60 1NU

10th March, 2018

14:30 to 18:30

Address: SEW IN THE CITY, 119 West Bar, S3 8PT Sheffield

Tickets –> https://sewinthecity.co.uk/workshops/geisha-inspired-daffodil-creation-10th-march-2pm-6pm

A very early shout out but is it not the best moment to kick start the Whole Christmas season ?

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Date: 2nd – 3rd December, 2017

Time: 17:00 to 19:30

Address: Cutlers’ Hall, Church St, Sheffield S1 1HG

Geisha Inspired Floral Decoration Workshop – Christmas Snow Flakes

Date: 22nd November, 2017

Time: 18:30 to 21:00

Address: SEW IN THE CITY, 119 West Bar, S3 8PT Sheffield

Christmas Craft Market at Sheffield Millennium Gallery, 25-11-2017

Date: 25th November, 2017

Time: 10:00 to 16:00

Address: 48 Arundel Gate, Sheffield S1 2PP

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Date: 11th November, 2017

Time: 9:30 to 18:30

Address: 114 Grosvenor St, Manchester M1 7HL

Craft Jam at Sheffield Millennium Gallery, Friday 22nd September

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Date: 22nd September, 2017

Time: 19:00 to 22:30

Address: 48 Arundel Gate, Sheffield S1 2PP

Come and learn how to create Tsumami Kanzashi Geisha inspired accessories with the talented Cora from Takara Crafts.
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Date: 16th September, 2017

Time: 17:00 to 19:30

Address: SEW IN THE CITY, 119 West Bar, S3 8PT Sheffield

Remember to visit us on Saturday , 15th July to see some nice handmade crafts!
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Date: 15th July, 2017

Time: 10:00 to 16:00

Address: Bramall Lane, S2 4QZ Sheffield

Our next CRAFT market will be at the St.Mary’s Church. You will find a lot new stuff if you haven’t seen us for a long time.  Come and see us !

Date:  15th July, 2017

Time: 10:00 to 16:00

Address:  Bramall Lane, S2 4QZ Sheffield

We will be in showcasing and selling our crafts at the delightful Moor Theatre Delicatessen on the 17th June between 11am and 5 pm. Really looking forward to it. Sadly, Theatre Delicatessen will be closing soon. Tomorrow would be the chance to come in and have a look around.

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Date: 17th June, 2017

Time: 11:00 to 17:00

Address: Moor Theatre Delicatessen, The Moor, S1 4PF Sheffield

We will be back to the Elsecar Heritage centre on the 27th and 28th May for the May Fun Fair. It is also a good chance for anyone who has never been to Elsecar before. It has a large heritage centre with lots of interesting shops and a real steam rail. Worth a day trip !

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Date: 27th May to 28th May, 2017

Time: 10:00 to 16:00

Address: Script Craft Fairs, 47 Church Street, S70 2AS Barnsley

We are delighted to be back to the Millennium Gallery on the 18th March. It is always our pleasure to showcase our Geisha Inspired Accessories in a museum.

What a good opportunity for you to visit all other rooms as well! Since Museums Sheffield is always organized, you will have a very nice trip to Sheffield city. We hope that you will find what you want and also have a very nice time in Sheffield!

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Date: 18th March, 2017

Time: 10:00 to 16:00

Address: The Millennium Gallery, Arundel Gate, S1 2PP Sheffield