Learn the art of Origami
22/07/08
As part of the its continuing programme of Japanese events there will be an Origami workshop on Saturday, 26 July from 2pm until 4pm at Glover House, 78 Balgownie Road, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen.
At the workshop participants will learn the ancient art of paper folding and create their very own designs.
The aim of origami is to create a representation of an object using geometric folds and crease patterns preferably without the use of gluing or cutting the paper, and using only one piece of square paper.
Origami only uses a small number of different folds, but they can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate designs.
Thomas Blake Glover (1838 -1911) was born the son of a coastguard in Fraserburgh, and was brought up in Aberdeen. He sailed to the far East at the age of 19, arriving in Nagasaki just as Japan was opening up for trade with the West. Glover took advantage of this and used his crucial position as an importer of modern Western technology and ideas to help the forward-looking Samurai clans overthrow the reactionary Shogun and restored the hereditary emperor, thus ushering in the modern Meiji era.
He is also sometimes said to be the originator of the story of the opera Madame Butterfly by Puccini, and is greatly revered in Japan, while he remains relatively unknown in his native country.
Aberdeen City Council manages the house on behalf of the Grampian Japan Trust this year, which has benefited from a grant from the Energising Aberdeen fund.
Glover House - opening hours:
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.00pm to 4.30pm (last entry 4.00pm)
Sunday
Open first Sunday of each month from 1.30pm to 4.30pm (last entry 4.00pm).
Glover House will close for winter at the end of October. The entry fee is £3.00 for adults, £2.00 for children/concessions and £7.00 for families. Workshops are included in the entrance charge.
For further information contact Jane Kidd, Glover House, 79 Balgownie Rd, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen AB22 8JS, tel 01224 709301 email JaKidd@aberdeencity.gov.uk
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