Mari Wirth - TreeLeaf

27/03/2026

A report of the workshop of booklet making about sea creatures at the National Museum Cardiff on the 14th March 2026.
A huge thank-you to all!

I would like to thank you all who came in to the workshop at National Museum Cardiff, spread the word and supported this wonderful project. We were so pleased that so many people came to visit the …

24/03/2026

ART COLLABORATION with green bird HIMEJI 2025

Tsunagu -Connect- Paper Art Installation displayed in Himeji 14th to 16th November 2025 by Mari Wirth and Participants organised by green bird Himeji. (Details are shown at the bottom. Please scroll down) early spring spring bluebells spring herb-parts summer meadow animals autumn berries autumn autumn autumn leaves autumn berries winter winter tail Life of beech trees Red Dragon and Beech Forest…...

Tsunagu -Connect- Paper Art Installation displayed in Himeji 14th to 16th November 2025 by Mari Wirth and Participants organised by green bird Himeji. (Details are shown at the bottom. Please scrol…

24/03/2026

PAPERCUT & INSTALLATION: Project for ‘Winter Sun’

‘Winter Morning in the Beech Woods’ Papercut Collage (ca 60cm diameter) Black card paper (made in the UK) for papercut, Japanese washi-paper for the background, dyed with fallen beech leaves & coloured with water colour Installation piece (ca 60cm diameter x 60cm hight) Various plants (hazel, clematis, ivy, pendulous sedge, etc.), various types of Japanese washi paper (coloured with beech leaves & water colour)

‘Winter Morning in the Beech Woods’ Papercut Collage (ca 60cm diameter) Black card paper (made in the UK) for papercut, Japanese washi-paper for the background, dyed with fallen beech leaves & …

05/03/2026

Y Môr, Japan a Cymru – The Sea, Japan and Wales – 海 うみ、日本とウェールズ

Art Workshop at National Museum of Wales, Cardiff I am pleased to share with you about the forthcoming collaboration with National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. I am going to run the workshop (2 sessions on the day) to make folded booklet, called ‘ori-hon’ （折本　おりほん）in Japanese, which I was inspired by a very precious collection of the Museum, called ‘Kai-Chigusa' （貝千種　かいちぐさ）, a thousand of shells, published by a Japanese malacologist (invertebrate researcher and collector, Yoichiro Hirase....

Art Workshop at National Museum of Wales, Cardiff I am pleased to share with you about the forthcoming collaboration with National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. I am going to run the workshop (2 sessio…

04/12/2025

Thank you, Diloch, ありがとう, The Art Collaboration in Himeji 2025 is now over

credit: Kaori Takeo （日本語文は、スクロールダウンしてください） I’m back home in Wales after the art collaboration with green bird Himeji was over. I still feel gratitude that I wouldn’t have reached the end without people who contributed to my project. I can’t thank you enough! Himeji team worked hard tirelessly, and we collected more than 100 art pieces not only in Himeji but also all over Japan....

credit: Kaori Takeo （日本語文は、スクロールダウンしてください） I’m back home in Wales after the art collaboration with green bird Himeji was over.  I still feel gratitude that I wouldn’t have reached the end…

30/11/2025

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I’m back home in Wales after the art collaboration with green bird Himeji was over. I still feel gratitude that I wouldn’t have reached the end without people who contributed to my project. I can’t thank you enough!
Himeji team worked hard tirelessly, and we collected more than 100 art pieces not only in Himeji but also all over Japan. My papercut red dragon and the wonderful unique birds were assembled to present our theme.
The main theme was ‘Tsunagu’, to connect, people and nature. I believe in the potential of everyone’s artistic creativity which bring us a joy and build confidence. I wanted to send my message to people through creating art together. I hope it worked.
During this project, I received an intrinsic question from Masa, the owner of Farmer’s Kitchen Innuit, whose motto was ‘everything is connected’. He asked me why I had chosen the catchphrase, ‘Connect people and nature’ even though everything is already connected. His question gave me further thought.
What if you cut off and destroy the connection without knowing the fact? We need to be conscious about being connected. So, ‘connect’ is an active motion.
The nature is vulnerable as well as we are. At the same time, it is resilient. We need to keep connecting to our precious planet.
Special thank you to
Kaori and Tomoyuki from green bird Himeji team , Yoko and Masa for your enthusiastic invaluable support from the start.
Diolch! Thank you!　ありがとう！
This project was made possible by Wales Japan Culture Fund by Welsh Government , Wales Arts International , Arts Council of Wales and British Council of Wales