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arts , arts and crafts , pottery , the salt pig project
Piggies, First Batch
A quick visit to Joey's brought a pleasant surprise: The cute baby monsters have been glazed-fired. Here's how they fared after the ...
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arts , arts and crafts , pottery , the salt pig project
For Bisque Firing
I am halfway done with the first batch of my salt piggies! These baby monsters are now ready for immortality! - 4/11/2014
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arts , pot , pottery , the salt pig project
Salt Pigs, Batch 1
After more than a month, I finally got a chance to trim and design my salt pigs! They're so kawaii ! I honestly cannot stop looking at t...
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arts , diary entries , watercolor
The Blues
I am on a high. My attempts at creativity tonight end with four unfinished paintings: A bowl, better than yesterday's mess. I am ...
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Bleeding Colors
I feel better after last night’s wrong food turn, though I had to miss pottery class because my knees are still literally jellies. And so...
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arts , arts and crafts , pottery , the salt pig project
Salt Piggies
Returning to Joey's studio on a Friday afternoon had me thinking of one thing: salt pigs! I intend to make it my project for the year an...
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arts , arts and crafts , diary entries , laguna , paete , travel , wood carving , work
Laguna Diaries: Crafting Wood
Commitment It was already hot when we left Quezon City, our wasted selves boarding the station service for a day tour to Paete, a town i...
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Mood Meter: Suddenly Inspired
Singaporean potter Alvin Tan Teck Heng gave a demo at Joey's studio yesterday. He's staying in the country for awhile, but was...
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arts , inspiration , pottery
Perfectly Flawed
This is just beautiful... Kintsugi (golden joinery) or Kintsukuroi (golden repair) is the Japanese art of fixing broken pottery with a...
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arts , forcing gravity , watercolor
Rabbit plays with colors
Teacher Eileen asked the class (really just Nica and I) to do colour swatches for our first assignment. The goal, I think...
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arts , forcing gravity , watercolor
Rabbit tries watercolor!
Today, cat and rabbit attended their first watercolor class! We were so excited we were at Fully Booked an hour before class! Haha. BUT we f...
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arts , arts and crafts , pottery
Bowls, pots, plates, and more!
Joey de Castro, my pottery teacher, invited Kim and I for the opening night of his latest exhibit, Earthen Treasures . Even though we're...
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