Fundraising with Scrap Quilts
You can fundraise for a cause AND build community if you make scrap quilts that include messages from your supporters. Read more ›
You can fundraise for a cause AND build community if you make scrap quilts that include messages from your supporters. Read more ›
Find out how you can build stronger community while also creatively reusing trash. It’s like a 2-for-1 good deed! Read more ›
Many performance groups specialize in making musical instruments from trash, and so can you – especially a Newfoundland Ugly
Stick! Read more ›
Wood makes up about 6 percent of the waste stream in the United States – so get inspired to make simple projects from scrap wood. Read more ›
My two hobbies – creative reuse of trash and playing taiko – actually have a lot in common. Learn how creative reuse is part of taiko. Read more ›
Taking the time to remember a great year on my birthday Read more ›
Trashmagination kicks off a new adventure of podcasting! Read more ›
At the Obon festival at Ekoji Buddhist Temple, people can use a stamp to decorate a tenugui, or cloth hand towel, and then dance with it at the community dance. Read more ›
To help celebrate Obon, a Buddhist summer festival, I designed crafts from recycled materials including this taiko player. Read more ›
To celebrate my taiko performance group, I made them adorable taiko ornaments from applesauce containers. Read more ›
After noticing the wood grain pattern on a brand of recycled apple sauce containers, I designed this craft of a Japanese drum or taiko, which is often made from a wooden barrel here in the US. Read more ›
Ten tidbits of advice based on things that surprised me during my apprenticeship Read more ›
After nine months of intense learning, we three apprentices survive an intense weekend of evaluations and building performance stages – but also yummy ramen and many laughs. Read more ›
Quilted from Japanese fabrics for two fellow Taiko players who are leaving our performance group Read more ›
Here’s a life experience I NEVER expected to have – luckiest woman ever! Read more ›
I’m teaching my daughter & her friends how to play a basic Taiko song for their school talent show. Read more ›
To complete my Weaving a Life certification, I am weaving 10 “golden moments” from my life. Read more ›
I am taking beginning Taiko classes and it is a dream come true! Read more ›