Ocean Stamps take rubber stamps as the medium of environmental education to tell stories of the ocean. Through painting and carving rubber stamps, participants get a clearer picture of the characteristics of cetaceans, their lives, past, present and future.

The workshop will teach participants ways of distinguishing between whales and dolphins. At the end of the workshop, they will take home not only the rubber stamps but also tales of the ocean.

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Ocean Stamps

Facebook : @oceanstampsfwte
Instagram : @oceanstampsfwte

Ocean Stamps began in 2015 in Hualian of Taiwan. The name has double meanings: it literally means “ocean-themed stamps”, and “an oceans person”, someone who has great passion for the sea. The two phrases sound very similar in Cantonese. As a Hongkonger living away from her hometown, the Hong Kong identity is especially dear to the creator behind the brand.

Ocean Stamps promotes ocean education through the making of rubber stamps. Every stamp tells a story, perhaps about sea creatures or perhaps about the crisis our Earth is facing.

“There is still much to be learned about the ocean, and making stamps helps me to keep learning, searching and enriching myself.”

The SUKUMO Leather acquires its unique indigo colour through a completely natural process. Following a 600-year-old Japanese tradition, the dye is made from the fermented leaves of the mature indigo. SUKUMO Leather’s wonderful suppleness and beautiful shades are simply unrivalled. Come and make your own leather bracelet using the inimitable SUKUMO Leather.

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Sukumo Leather

Facebook : @SukumoLeatherPMQ
Instagram : @sukumoleather
Website : http://sukumo-leather.com/en.html

Sukumo Leather hopes to preserve the centuries old natural dyeing process and to introduce the beautiful indigo dyed leather to the world.

In this workshop, participants will be introduced to the basics of linocut carving and printing techniques. Participants will learn how to identify what makes an ideal image for a linocut artwork. They can either use their own design or use the readymade ones for printing. Starting with tracing the selected pattern or design and transferring them onto the lino surface, they can then carve the lino block with linocut blades to create a positive image. The image will be inked using a roller with block printing ink and printed onto paper or fabric.

Participants will also learn an easy way to print using a spoon and soap. They can take home the lino block to do more printing at home! The workshop will focus on mono or duo-colour print. Participants may choose to print the same design in multicolours.

Free admission on a first-come, first-served basis. No registration is required.

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Pinacotheca

Facebook : @galeria.postoffice | @Locomotive.kidsculb
Instagram : @posterized.eu | @a.mori_art
Website : https://www.agnieszkamori.com

Pinacotheca is an art and design centre based in Hong Kong, founded by Agnieszka Mori and Anna Zeies.

Mori and Zeies are two passionate friends and creative professionals who believe that art and creating are the tools to heal the world. A wide spectrum of workshops are offered for both adults and kids, groups and individuals, without age limitations. With different experiences from Poland, Hong Kong, Japan and Germany, Mori and Zeies both focus on creative teaching and experimenting, with a mission to help people see beauty in themselves while creating artworks. To them, “Trial and errors” is a process that one must go through while creating.

Stone carving is an art of elimination, anything that is not needed is taken away. Every move is calculated; every step, whether good or bad, contributes to the final product. Just be brave: try and make mistakes. Try your best, enjoy the process and admire the final result.

Participants will work on a piece of 1-3kg soapstone (children will work with a smaller piece).

Process:
1. The tutor will introduce basic knowledge of stone carving and guide participants to create a draft for their stone sculptures.
2. Participants will begin carving.
3. Sanding and polishing of the sculptures.
4. Photo taking and packaging.

The workshop will take approximately 3 hours.

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Soapstone Studio

Facebook : @soapstonestudio
Instagram : @soapstonestiKiio

Soapstone Studio is founded by Yim Pui Yan, who learned soapstone carving from Swiss sculptor Axel Zwahlen in 2012. After graduation, she began a career as a language teacher and began to introduce stone carving to Hong Kong. Since 2016, she began to immerse herself in Chinese tea culture and infuse her work with oriental aesthetics. From then on, Yim focuses on creating works that are inspired by mountains, and started Soapstone Studio with the hope to help connecting human and nature. In August this year, Soapstone Studio was selected by Pinkoi HK as one of the 100 designs featured at their pop up store.

Creativity is letting our imagination run wild, while art is the process of selecting beautiful work. Have fun with acrylic paint and conduct your own messy symphony! Join us in exploring combination of colours, shapes and textures, and create your own unique picture through the process of trial and error.

Incorporating UV resin art, your favourite colours and patterns will be transformed into a necklace or a keychain. Whether you are a skilled painter or kids who simply love messing around with crayons, a couple of friends, or a sweet family, it does not matter! We can all experience the search for exquisite beauty in a process seemingly filled with randomness and mistakes. Come and compose a chaotic yet melodic symphony together!

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Shel crafts&music

Facebook : @shel.crafts.music
Instagram : @shel.crafts.music

Shel crafts&music was founded by Rachel Chan (Shel) in 2014. Her passion in music and art sparked the idea of combining the two things she loves, creating artworks inspired by melodies and lyrics. She believes music can evoke images, shades of colours, emotions and memories.

Shel designs hand-drawn resin accessories expressing the meaning of songs or lyrics, including tailor-made products. Together with friends sharing similar interests, Shel also provides workshops for the community, ranging from kindergarten kids at fun fairs, to teens in youth centres, and adults coming for private classes.

Shel crafts&music also makes use of social media as a platform to share DIY ideas, music covers, as well as original music.
Art can connect people of different backgrounds, languages or ages. Shel is dedicated to share the enjoyable experience of design and craft-making with the community. Hoping to provide more meaningful artworks, Shel will continue to explore different possibilities of expressing music visually.

The popularity of different ingredients in cooking varies from decade to decade. Sometimes the use of a certain ingredient declines only because of our limited knowledge and understanding of it. Is salted fish only good for fried rice and meat cake? Curator Andy Dark will demonstrate other possibilities of using salted fish creatively to make dishes that you wouldn’t have expected!

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PMQ Taste Library

Facebook : @pmqtastelibrary
Instagram : @pmqtastelibrary

As Hong Kong’s first and only food-focused library, PMQ Taste Library uses food as the cultural bridge to support, inform and connect individuals, community projects and organisations. Through creative projects and cooking workshops, Taste Library promotes the design of flavours and encourages the public to see food with new eyes. Food is, after all, more than survival.

Cartoonist Craig Au-Yeung has turned plates into his canvas, painting caricatures on blue and white porcelain tableware that visualises his worldly reflections.

Visitors are welcome to go to PMQ Taste Library for an artistic plating experience incorporating ingredients of vibrant colours and textures. Come explore the possibilities and create something uniquely yours!

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Au Yeung Ying Chai Craig

Born in Hong Kong, Au-Yeung Ying Chai Craig is a food curator, a cartoonist, and a food, travel and lifestyle writer.

Au-Yeung founded Taste Library in Hong Kong in 2014, and organised “Craig’s Half Full Kitchen” in Beijing in 2015. In 2018 he established the cultural space Qizai in Xian, to enrich the culinary art and food aesthetic scene with diversified content.

Au-Yeung was the ambassador for Slow Food Great China in 2017.

Signages, patterns and marks found in our neighbourhoods are full of collective memories and cultural references. Print them on zinc iron mailboxes to produce unique creations with Hong Kong characteristics.

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1a space

Facebook : @oneaspace
Instagram : @1a_space
Website : https://www.oneaspace.org.hk/

1a space, founded in 1998, is an independent, non-profit contemporary visual art organisation and art venue established by a group of Hong Kong art workers. It aims to promote the critical dissemination of contemporary visual art practices and affiliated art forms, drawn from local and international arenas, through the 1a space programme. The operation of 1a space is supported by grants and donations. 1a space’s administration cost is partially supported by the Hong Kong Art Development Council.

Taking references from the landmarks of Hong Kong’s old districts, the city’s historical background and cultural stories, participants will create stencils with patterns and motifs inspired by the city and its communities. Spray painting on bricks through visual arrangement, juxtaposition and repetition of stencils will be introduced to the participants. They will create a collage of our city’s possibilities through spray painting on bricks.

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1a Space

Facebook : @oneaspace
Instagram : @1a_space
Website : https://www.oneaspace.org.hk/

1a space, founded in 1998, is an independent, non-profit contemporary visual art organisation and art venue established by a group of Hong Kong art workers. It aims to promote the critical dissemination of contemporary visual arts practices and affiliated art forms, drawn from the local and international arenas, through the 1a space programme. The operation of 1a space has been supported by grants and donations. 1a space’s administration cost is partially supported by the Hong Kong Art Development Council.