Pendants for the elderly

Just before lunar new year, my pottery pals eric, lynn and i conducted a short pottery class for the elderly at AWWA Ang Mo Kio! They enjoyed themselves totally and many of them certainly have a flair with clay! After 2 rounds of firing, here is how the pendants look like...

Special thanks to Ms Gloria for her generous sponsorship of the materials and linking us up with AWWA. It was our great pleasure to serve the elderly lunch and interact with them!

Ceramix 2011 Simply Clay @ Central Library 1-6 Oct 2011

Catch latest works in my 2nd participation in Singapore's Hwi Yoh group exhibition :)

Special Family Fun Pottery Workshop for Friends!

Our little poster girl had a super fun time making her own leaf dish and pinching a cute little dinosaur fridge magnet. Her mummy watches as we demonstrates the techniques.



Who says only kids get all excited? We have a lovely couple who made their gifts of love for each other!


This is part one of two special workshops that we are conducting for friends n their families only at Artitude Studio in Ubi. Really happy to meet new folks and to know they had lotsa fun!

PS: We look forward to opening sat classes for the public soon. Classes will be kept small - max 6pax each time for maximum attention for students. Great for friendship, family and team bonding! Email me at kelly@artitude.com.sg for enquries : )

Staying in Gratitude

How does it feel to always be on our toes even whilst sleeping at night - fearing that a sudden earthquake may bring our homes to pieces in split seconds? To worry that we may not have any more safe, fresh water to drink the next day? To not have any electricity to keep warm in the midst of extreme cold weather? To never see a lost loved one ever again?

When life is so fragile and precious, it really seems silly to get stresed up by small daily matters. I feel guilty of getting caught up in petty concerns, sweating over stuffs that will not matter in the end. Of not loving enough. Not giving enough.

What are the things that truly matters for you, at the end of your time on earth? Do them now...Keep them in your heart.

Let's take a few moments everyday to pray for Japan. May its courageous people inspire us to live our lives more compassionately, more graciously and in gratitude. Our souls walk with them together.

Om Shanti.

Friends' first pots!

The works are out!

We have here KM's hand slabbed mug as a surprise gift for her mum, CH's and galfren's pinched little works and KS' hand-pinched green tea cup! It was great fun sharing with them how to personalize their own pots - for most of them, this was their first try with clay. Thanks to fellow 'teacher' EK too! Lucky he was there to help me! We did all of these after work one friday evening within 2 hrs, at our little studio. And we all had fun playing with clay like kids! : )

I'm back!

Sorry that i took 2 months of writing hiatus and not blogging. Was in deep pondering mood, but did not wish to share unnecessary ramblings and wasting your time!

Just an update since late last year, i conducted about 12 pottery classes for Pri 6 students with my teacher Mr Chua and fellow potters, representing Sam Mui Kuang Pottery. We had lots of fun getting the kids to make their own art tiles, with themes ranging from nature, ocean, toys and robots!

The kids loved what they created, and some kids who claimed they had no artistic flair, surprised themselves with their own creativity.

At other times, i was extremely busy with 'work' : )

There are also new handmade pottery pcs to share at my etsy shop, do feel free to browse!

And thanks to your support, a portion of my artist fees from selling my works and teaching was donated to Nature Conservancy, i hope because of our contribution, a dolphin, a frog, a tree or small patch of ocean, forest... was conserved!

Simon Leach's videos

Watch how spanish potter makes wonderful pots through his gracious sharing of his videos on Youtube : )