Origami Workshop for Adults

Learn origami at this hands-on Sydney workshop for adults!



1.5 hours Location Sydney Class size 3 to 6 guests   $55
Face-to-face workshops are the best way to learn Origami!
The instructor, Midori has been teaching Origami at many places in Sydney for more than twelve years. e.g. the Art Gallery of NSW, Australian Museum, Powerhouse Museum, Japan Foundation, Hazelhurst Art Center. She has also been very popular at festivals and events.
Being able to transform a flat sheet of paper into 3D form, using your own hands, seems magical. But do not worry. Her calm approaches relax you and you can experience the joy of folding at her classes. It's time to put your mobiles down and start folding!
Do you know that the paper crane has more than 400 years of history? Midori feels so special about paper cranes when she imagines that the way we fold them remains the same for a very long time.
Do you know that Hiroshima Memorial Park receives more than 10 million paper cranes each year?
The workshop fee includes the material cost. No experience is necessary. The public workshops are for adults. Please note that we may refuse the attendance of the children in the class.
Please request the origami workshop dates which suit you if you can't come to the listed dates; ideally, ask your friends or family to make a group. (Min 3, max 6 in a group.)
Choose the origami model listed below and included it in your request:
Program A: Modular Stars
Program B: Hexagon Box
Program C: Origami table decoration
Program D: Origami box
Program E: Skelton Boxes
Midori received the Foreign Minister's Award from the Japanese Government in 2022 for recognising her contribution toward the Australia-Japan culture exchange. She was also awarded by the Consulate-General of Japan, Sydney in 2016.
Please note:
  • You are free to reschedule with three days' notice. Please contact us if necessary.
  • Request the workshop with two to three of your preferred dates.
  • This workshop is designed for adults. If you are looking for some workshops for your children, please contact your teacher below.
This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a team building activity, Christmas party, birthday or hen's party.
What you'll get
Your own origami objects to show friends and family with pride.
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Knowledge required
No knowledge is required. Please let us know if you have already attended our origami workshop previously. We will serve new programs for you.
What to bring
You don't need to bring anything. All the materials will be provided.
Location

Sydney, NSW

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  • 5/5 from Rachel Szabo, attended Aug 2023: We had such fun at this workshop. Midori was thorough and fun. We booked the workshop for a team building exercise at our workplace and we were all laughing and chatting, whilst gaining an appreciation for this artform. Thanks Midori. Highly recommend.
  • 5/5 from Anne Keniry, attended Apr 2023: Great class in a peaceful environment with a talented and patient teacher. Lovely papers supplied to create two beautiful interlocking pieced decorations. Great value for money and a really enjoyable learning afternoon.
  • 5/5 from Jen Holt, attended Mar 2023: Great teacher who was very patient and enthusiastic and helpful. I would recommend this class.
  • 5/5 from Anne Keniry, attended Sep 2022: Midori is a lovely, patient, knowledgeable teacher who always has her students making amazing things and loving what they have made. Midori is a very experienced and talented origami practitioner who also inspires students with new levels of origami items they can aspire to making. She supplies great materials and notes and you learn more about what you can use to make origami in each class.
  • 5/5 from Mum Nan, attended Jun 2022: Such a fun experience something different to do with my mum and daughter Midori was fantastically talented and a patient teacher and useful treasures to take home
  • 5/5 from Vimasha Bandaranayake, attended Jun 2022: I had a great time and learnt great skills today at Midori's workshop. It was my very first time doing origami and Midori was very patient with me.
  • 5/5 from Philippa Kohnke, attended Feb 2022: Midori was a fabulous teacher and really friendly and fun to chat with. I loved doing the origami - it was fun and at the right level for a class. Midori was generous and I got to keep what I made and a gift from her too. I would definitely like to do another class with her and highly recommend her classes for anyone to try!
  • 5/5 from Daniel Blackhall, attended Feb 2021: This was a really great class, Midori is attentive and patient. Thanks for a great day.
  • 5/5 from Suzanne, attended Jul 2020: Midori was An excellent teacher and so giving of her craft teaching us with patience and grace and some interesting stories of Japanese culture. She was also very generous with her time. I would be happy to recommend her.
  • 5/5 from Pamela Allardice, attended Jul 2020: Midori is a terrific teacher - very warm, generous and full of interesting stories about Japanese culture. My friend and I thoroughly enjoyed her company and the whole experience of the class. The venue is funky and cute, and we had a grand day. We are already talking about doing another workshop with Midori!
  • 5/5 from Caroline Gracie, attended Jun 2019: Midori is a great teacher and venue very interesting altogether was a thoroughly enjoyable class.
  • 5/5 from Isaira Ramirez, attended May 2019: The value for money is good, the teacher is amazing, so sweet and kind, I learned beautiful origami pieces. I can wait for the next work shop
  • 5/5 from Marc Rolet, attended Mar 2019: Midori was a master at teaching us today. We made so many things from a box, little birds, hearts and roses. The venue was easy to find and the space was very calm and relaxing. Midori is very attentive and assists you with practical demonstrations and visual aides. Thank you for this workshop for our first wedding anniversary. Marc & Tammi
Your teacher

Midori Furze
Midori Furze

Origami and art

5.0 (30)
female Women-owned

I was born and grew up in Japan. I came to Sydney in 1989 and have been living in Sydney's Northern Beaches since then.
I am a multi-disciplinary artist who creates canvas paintings, Suni-e, origami 3D objects and installations. I work with event management companies to create unique origami in Sydney.
When I was at the artist residency in 2010, one of the directors saw my origami in my studio. Until then I painted Western-style paintings on canvas which I had learnt at school. But he encouraged me to do more origami because it was unique about me as a Japanese artist based in Sydney.
I did many public participating origami projects and they were all well-received.
In 2022, I received the Foreign Minister's commendation Award by the Japanese Government for my contribution to the Australia-Japan culture exchange. I was also awarded by the Consulate-General of Japan, Sydney in 2016.
I have been teaching Origami at many places in Sydney for more than twelve years. e.g. the Art Gallery of NSW, Australian Museum, Powerhouse Museum, Japan Foundation, Hazelhurst Art Center. My origami workshops are very popular at festivals and events.
Teaching Origami is one of my passion. It is delightful to see big smiles on people's faces when they completed their origami for the first time.
A sheet of square paper turned into a bird still amazes me. Japanese people have been folding paper cranes for more than 400 years. We fold the same way as the people who lived 400 years ago.
Origami is an affordable, lightweight, clean activity. You can play anywhere. It is a great exercise for our hands as well as our brains.
In recent years, origami techniques are used in design, math and science. The airbags in the cars are folded. The solar panels in the spaceships are folded. The stents save people's lives.
I hope we will have more wonderful inventors in Australia in the near future who enjoyed folding origami when they were little.
Let's start folding!
2026-10-30 15:00:00
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