2024 POP UP ASIA Trade Fair | Nov 15 Ticket + Handicraft Workshop Experience

- Ticket + Workshop Information -

• Experience Date: 2024/11/15 (Fri)
• Exhibition Venue: Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taipei
• Exhibition Address: No. 133, Guangfu S. Rd., Xinyi Dist., Taipei City
• Workshop Check-in Location: Please proceed to the 'Warehouse No. 3 DIY Area' to check in with the instructor according to your scheduled workshop time.

- Exhibition Introduction -

The annual handmade event! 2024 POPUPASIA
Made with Passion | Recharge your creative energy, feel the passion for creativity, and experience the joy of crafting.
Made a Community | Find fellow craft enthusiasts and gain the latest market insights and trends in the handmade industry.
Made for You | Find a business model that suits you and turn what you love into your lifestyle.

Four Major Themed Selection Areas

• Japanese Style Zone
  Featuring handicrafts from Kyoto, Bizen ware, local specialties from Okinawa, innovative Japanese lifestyle products, and Taiwan-exclusive healing jewelry. Immerse yourself in Japanese aesthetics, available for four days only.
  
  
• K-POP Trend Zone
  Showcasing brands endorsed by K-POP groups, the latest fashion trends, and market dynamics of beauty and skincare brands. Stay up to date with the latest trends direct from Korea!
  
  
• Thai Fun Art Zone
  Over 50 Thai creators will guide you through workshops, sharing sessions, and various Thai-style experiences to explore the unique charm of Thai handicrafts and foster creative friendships. 
  
  
• Local Craft Taiwan Theme Exhibition
  POPUPASIA collaborates with Japan's Trunk Design to connect Taiwanese artisans for a deep dialogue between craftsmanship and space.
  

- Workshop Experience Introduction -

• Santa Claus Clay Workshop | Icing Clay Experience Class
  Experience a friendly class that teaches multi-layered coloring techniques and icing textures to create a unique clay piece. Material kits will also be available for purchase on-site. (Original price 350 TWD; participants can purchase the kit for an additional 200 TWD.)
  
  Course Includes:
  Materials | Exclusive icing clay with a fine texture, perfect for detailed sculpting.
  Creation | Santa Claus charm, perfect for the December holiday season.
  Techniques | Icing painting methods, including icing effects and color layering, to make your work more vivid and three-dimensional.
  
  
• Preserved Staghorn Fern Magnet
  10MonthsHandmade Made in Taiwan | since 2017. Plants are essential aesthetics for a healing life, and textiles are necessary materials to warm the heart. Combining both creates everlasting home decor. Staghorn ferns are the trendiest landscape plants today; using fabric to create them eliminates the need for maintenance—no watering, no pests, always evergreen, and soothing to the soul!
  
  
• Paper Flower Workshop
  Create with heart and enjoy the joy of floral art. Flowers are a culture, and a daily life dancing with flowers is a beautiful thing. Let the beauty of paper flowers integrate into your life and embody an artistic life of aesthetics. The course will guide you to use paper materials to create lifelike floral art to decorate your space or as a unique gift. We invite you to embark on this fascinating artistic journey!
  
  
• French Fabric Box with Clasp
  This workshop uses a fabric box with a clasp as an introduction to French fabric box craftsmanship. The course covers assembling sturdy cardboard bases and learning seamless fabric covering to create exquisite pieces perfect for storing small personal items. The fabric fan set responds to global warming, allowing students to create their own personalized fabric fans to stay cool and comfortable, suitable for today's changing climate.
  
  
• Phone Lanyard & Decompression Strap Workshop
  Unique design, hands-free, stress-relieving, and stylish! Handcraft a one-of-a-kind leather phone strap that is both practical and fashionable. Simple steps, easy to follow: >>Choose Leather: Select high-quality vegetable-tanned leather and feel its natural texture. >>Branding: Use branding tools to imprint designer patterns on the leather, or challenge yourself with hand-drawing.
  >>Dyeing: Choose alcohol-based dyes for full or partial coloring to showcase your personality.
  >>Embossing: Use tool templates to emboss and add details and texture.
  >>Gold Foil: Apply gold foil techniques to certain areas to make the piece look more premium.
  >>Assemble Fasteners: Install uniquely designed detachable fasteners, which are practical and convenient. Easily create an essential stress-relieving leather accessory for outings, making it a great companion for your work and life. Beyond reducing shoulder and neck strain, this unique phone strap will make you stand out in the crowd and become the center of attention. Come and join us to enjoy the fun of crafting!