Tsutefude-Message Brush Workshop with Yuki Aoba san

Providing tuition in Japanese/English, Celebrate Culture events and workshops and karate training

Akiyama Connects

<H2>Tsutefude is a unique way to paint messages from the heart.</H2>
By using a calligraphy pen-brush, you can make a postcard of a short message or symbol so that it can show your heart and thoughts in such a powerful and positive way.
Come along and meet the artist Yuki Aoba on her first trip to England.  She’ll introduce this new creative style and you can make a postcard of your message. 
We have a choice of dates and locations and all materials are provided
Sat 12th May 10 am -12 pm Widcombe Social Club, Bath, BA2 6AA 
Sun 13th May 10 am - 12:30 pm &amp; 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Stanton House Hotel, Swindon, SN6 7SD 
Tues 15th May 1:30 - 3:30 pm Rodborough Community Hall, Stroud, GL5 3TZ
 
Yuki has founded the Tsutefude Foundation, of which there are over 150 Tsutefude members and 17 senior masters, who teach the technique across Japan. 
She began the technique when she suffered from bad handwriting as a child. When traditional Japanese calligraphy didn't help her writing style, she designed her own letters and alphabet. The designs and postcards she created delighted the people who received them as they created intimacy and transferred the message much better than normal handwriting.  
In Japan, Yuki decided to teach this method of design and called it Tsutefude – meaning ‘message brushing’.