Jounrnal

Embracing The Four Noble Ones - Bamboo and the art of practice

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A piece of paper with a traditional Japanese ink painting of bamboo leaves, surrounded by ink bowls and brushes on a black surface.

8 sessions Course (biweekly)

Sumi-e
(Japanese Ink painting)
- Foundations and Beyond

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Black and white abstract watercolor painting with vertical and horizontal streaks and splashes.

Experimental Ink & Painting
- Unlock Your Creativity
8 sessions (biweekly)

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Journal

Sumi-e Tools — What to Buy and Where to Find Them

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Collection of traditional Asian calligraphy brushes and a large flat brush for painting, arranged on a white surface.

Hanato Atelier - A place in Haarlem to create, gather, and reflect
The art of mindful creation, honoring tradition and embracing the moment.

Person weaving a small circular basket with thin reed strips at a worktable with other ceramic and reed baskets and bowls.
Ceramic pottery pieces, a black ink palette, and calligraphy brushes on a white tabletop.
A person's hand holding scissors cutting a branch of a flower arrangement in a pot, containing pink, purple, and white flowers with green leaves.
Two finger paintbrushes made of sticks are creating ripples in a shallow container filled with a milky liquid, with small black objects floating on the surface.

Hanato Atelier is a space for thoughtful making — where hands move with care, cultural traditions are honored, and creativity becomes a shared ritual.
We invite artists from diverse backgrounds to lead seasonal workshops, offering not only technique but moments of stillness, discovery, and connection.

Rooted in traditional arts yet open to contemporary approaches, we explore practices such as Sumi-e (Japanese ink painting), Watoji (Japanese book binding) and Ikebana (Japanese flower arrangement) At the heart of it all is the hand — shaping, sensing, remembering.

Our workshops take place in a welcoming studio inside Het Badhuis in Haarlem, where nature, community, and creativity meet.

Let’s make, connect, and reflect — together.

Ten ceramic lids of various colors and textures placed upside down on a dark wooden surface.
A woman with short dark hair and glasses is shaping a ceramic bowl on a pottery wheel in a studio.

Stories 2 - Chikako Kojima

Discover the “background story” of Chikako!

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