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Continue reading →: The Little OrchidThere is a saying that goes like this – “The orchid is Mother Nature’s masterpiece.” and it is that saying that makes me appreciate orchids. Using that as my subject, I made simple home setup and decided to make a square scarf. So this was a little home adventure with…
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Continue reading →: A Potter’s Diary Part 4: One Adventure CompletedIt is finally completed! But it has taken me more than a month to pen my thoughts down. Honestly, it was more of being busy in the real life with any bare time to sit down and share my experience. Nevertheless, since I am here I will also share on…
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Continue reading →: A Potter’s Diary Part 3: Patience results beautyFirst and foremost, I must admit that this art is going to me a while to conquer and master. Nevertheless, I told myself I am going to master it and I will. So moving forward, I am going to share the update on my previously completed clay works. They have…
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Continue reading →: A Potter’s Diary Part 2: Taking RisksSo moving forward from Lesson 1, I was now introduced to making my own clay glue which is called a slip. A gluey substance that allows you to glue your pieces together. In a way, it is similar to cement for clay. So another creation was made a forest themed…
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Continue reading →: A Potter’s Diary-Part 1: The Journey BeginsYes tis’ be true! One of the many traditional skills I’ve wanted to master above all is the art of pottery. And no, this has nothing to do with the classic wheel throwing scene from Ghost with Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore. So after months of searching around, I finally…
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Continue reading →: Special Announcement!As of today, I will be using Etsy Stores as a platform to boost sales of some of my art pieces. Unfortunately for me, some of the older ones will no longer be seen (things like the Ong Cat series from 2018). However, those pieces still can be seen in…
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Continue reading →: Indulging in Arts and CultureSo this time around, I decided to write about my trip to the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia (www.iamm.org) and along with me I tagged my students along. For them, it was research, but for me it was looking at the same things but for a different perspective at the arts…
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Continue reading →: Batik: A Taste of TraditionsFirst and foremost, I’d like to apologize for disappearing for a long period of time. Though my updates were coming from Instagram, I personally feel terrible that I had not been able to keep to my goal of maintaining updates here. Anyways, with regards to my Post title. I am…
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Continue reading →: M-I-A statusHEY ALL! I am not dead yet! I have been super busy of late! I have some exciting news to share and I truly hope it is not too late!!! See you soon! -XOXO-
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Continue reading →: Silkscreen with meWorking with students can all terrifying, exhilarating and most importantly, full of laughter. A couple of weeks ago, I decided to explore an alternative method for Silkscreen Printing. Here is a little introduction to What is SilkScreen Printing? This is a technique also known as Screen Printing that was made…
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