I held 3 workshops this time. Thank you for participating!

The new workshop – hand built with porcelain was surprisingly popular one. Although it is difficult to deal with porcelain clay, everyone made lots of small objects in the end. I will upload students’s work later on.

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Tida, Clive, and Martina

Glenda, Kouta, and Maya

Glenda

I am planning to have another workshop in November. I sent workshop info to those who left detail at my mailing list. If you are not receiving email even though you wrote your name down, please email me to info@keikomatsui.com.au again. Sometime I cannot read your writing or I mis-spell your address..

News Magazines is organising a company-wide Japan Pacific fundraising appeal … They’ve got all their magazines involved including Vogue Living, Inside Out, Masterchef, GQ, Delicious and Donna Hay.

Tetsuya’s, To-ko, Saki restaurants donated dinner vouchers for two, and flower arrangement lesson voucher from Yuga floral cafe & design gallery, and I have donated my ceramics – ‘Finjan’ for their raffle prize. The event is on April 13 2011.

Thank you for organizing it and helping for Japan!

In the days following the devastating 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Brisbane-based Japanese ceramic artist Kenji Uranishi and his wife Sonia felt overwhelmed with sadness and a sense of helplessness being so far away and unable to help.

Turning their grief into positive action, a call went out to their network of artist friends and colleagues for help and was answered by 20 talented artists from around the country.

What resulted was i heART japan, a beautiful collection of work by a talented group of artists including ceramicists, painters, photographers and designers to be auctioned on eBay over a 2.5 day period starting Friday 8 April (3pm EST) and ending Sunday 10 April (8pm EST).
http://myworld.ebay.com.au/i_heart_japan

The Facebook gallery link:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=196940070336811&aid=45605

Net proceeds of the auction will be donated to the Red Cross Japan and Pacific Appeal 2011.

Auction item:Small tile and house object by Keiko Matsui

Participating artists:
1. Anna Davern http://annadavern.com.au
2. Dai-li Daws www.daili.com.au
3. Dan Brock www.danielbrock.com.au
4. Fukutoshi Ueno www.idee247.com
5. Gemma Smith www.milanigallery.com.au
6. Joseph Daws www.josephdaws.com
7. Julie Bartholomew www.juliebartholomew.com.au
8. Keikio Matsui http://keikomatsui.com.au//
9. Kenji Uranishi http://kamenendo.blogspot.com/
10. Kylie Johnson www.paperboatpress.com
11. Martin Smith www.martin-smith.net
12. Matt Dwyer http://fio-contemporary.com/matt-dwyer
13. Mel Robson www.feffakookan.blogspot.com
14. Miles Hall www.miles-hall.com
15. Mitsuo Shoji www.mitsuoshoji.com
16. Pru Morrison www.bumcrane.blogspot.com
17. Robbie Rowlands www.robbierowlands.com.au
18. Sophie Milne www.sophiemilne.com.au
19. Toni Warburton
20. Vipoo Srivilasa www.vipoo.com

I am also participating  in a charity auction for Japan’s disaster at Yuga Floral Cafe & Gallery in Glebe. It is only ONE NIGHT EVENT  which is organized by Setsuko & Ben.

Great performances and tasty Japanese food and wines will be waiting for you! So please come along and support Japan!!!

Japan Disaster Charity Auction

Date: 7^th April 2011 (thursday)

Time: 6 pm -

Venue: 172 St. Johns Road, Glebe

Cost: $25 per person or the amount you wish to donate

All the costs collected will be all donated to Japanese Red Cross as well as all money raised by the auction.

Auction items: Paintings(Sumie, Oil painting, mixed media, aboriginal painting), photography, Japanese Calligraphy, Ikebana lesson voucher, Basic Japanese conversation lesson voucher, and ceramics.

Yuga Café Gallery sponsor Japanese cocktail foods:

Sushi roll, Karaage chicken, Edamame yuba roll, Tsukune ball, Green beans with prochutto wrap, Dashimaki tamago, Spring roll so on.

Venue and staff: Wines donated by Top wines Australia and Vintage Blue Cellars.

Entertainments:

Koto(japanese harp) Play by Sawai Koto School

Shakuhachi and Taiko by Australian Musician Felicity

Ikebana demonstration will be held by Setsuko Yanagisawa

r.s.v.p to kelly@k-b-design.com Tel: 0412 248 347