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Get high quality arts & crafts items ON SALE now!

by modes4u September 9, 2020

Check out our Arts & Crafts SALE for all the goodies you need for your DIY projects. Japanese clays like Padico, Kutsuwa etc. are AWESOME if you want to make fine little sculptures! Use molds and tools to define them, and then embellish them using high-quality accessories like decorations or resins, which you’ll find plenty of in our shop. We also have lovely DIY eraser sets, and MUCH MORE for you to choose from! Grab your favorite arts & crafts items at VERY LOW PRICES now! We won’t restock items that sell out! Our sale ONLY lasts until Sept. 16!!

Get super cute supplies at great discount prices!

September 9, 2020 0 comment

Hobby Show 2018 (Part 4)

by modes4u June 5, 2018

To round off our posts on the Hobby Show that took place in Tokyo this year, we wanted to share pictures of amazing mini clay sculptures featured at the event. Japanese clay is incredibly popular amongst arts and crafts enthusiasts due to its high quality and variety. This year, exhibitors pulled out all the stops by showcasing intricate clay sculptures and holding live demonstrations. Attendees also participated and were able to work with clay at different booths. On display were sculptures of food, animals, and flowers. Check out the photos here!

You can use clay to make memo stands!

Lots of clay memo stands

A gorgeous clay display

This looks so real!

Wow! How detailed!

Everything looks scrumptious

Participants were able to give clay a try

Live demonstrations

More colorful displays

Attendees had a lot of fun!

Which memo stand do you like best?

These clay bunnies are enjoying their clay food!

Kawaii!!

This looks so realistic!

How beautiful!

Clay flowers

These clay flowers are so intricate!

Learning how to make clay pandas

Clay food!

Lots of molds

These molds help you make all sorts of clay shapes!

Look at all the clay food items!

June 5, 2018 2 comments

Hobby Show 2018 (Part 2)

by modes4u May 29, 2018

Continuing with the Hobby Show in Tokyo, Sandra and Alan took lots of photos of the arts and crafts item: UV resin. This item is extremely popular amongst individuals who enjoy creating charms, costume jewellery etc. At the exhibition, an LED UV lamp was also on display, to show how it can be used to help quickly dry resin after it’s been placed in a mold. Given the lamp’s clever design, it can also be placed on its side to help dry resin in other directions. Live demonstrations were held to show how useful this lamp is for DIY enthusiasts. UV resin comes in several colors, as you can see in the images, meaning DIY enthusiasts can create all sorts of little items in a wide variety of colors!

Lots of super cute charms in the shapes of horses, birds etc., and jewellery were on display, and all of these were made from resin! Don’t they look amazing?

Horse charms made from resin

Little pieces of jewellery, also made of resin

Check out these little decorative items!

The LED UV lamp in action

Resin and the lamp

Resin to work with

Resin comes in many colors

What a cute display!

A live demonstration showing people how to use resin

Curious attendees!

What a display!

Look at all that jewellery!

Check out the demo!

This looks fun!

Getting the lamp ready

Wow!

People enjoyed the demo a lot!

May 29, 2018 1 comment

Hobby Show 2018 (Part 1)

by modes4u May 25, 2018

This year, Japan’s Hobby Show took place in Tokyo and modeS4u’s Managing Director, and IT Manager, Sandra and Alan respectively, attended the event. Thousands of other visitors also flocked to the show, which featured tons of awesome arts and crafts items, to check out what was on display.

One trendy item that really caught the eyes of attendees who love DIY sets, was that of artificial flowers in jars of oil. Booths had been set up to display these gorgeous decorative pieces, as well as offer attendees the chance to create their own by allowing them to select flowers and different shaped jars.

Also on display were incredibly intricate toy animals made from wool! Placed together, an artist created little scenes featuring these toy animals and as you can see from the images, they look adorable and amazing! What do you think of these items so far?