Three openings on one night on the fifth floor, fun and hoping many more will follow.
Popular here, not sure why…
My first brand new piece of equipment. My kilns are pre-used and one has travelled all the way from Stoke to keep me company in HK. The wheel before and after its first throwing session, sooo exciting! It’s nice to have such a level, firm base to work on. Not quite as serious as Michael Cardew but doing my best…”I got the blacksmith and the carpenter to make me a kick wheel, with the active support of my father – that is to say, he paid for it.”
Two sales last weekend that resulted in the usual combination of meeting new and interesting people interspersed with occasional moments of boredom and tired arms, legs and back. The second event featured a great number of dogs, perhaps dog bowls would be useful. The dripping pipe above the entrance added another dimension to the display but the lunch was yummy – oolong tea soba noodles with wild mushroom and pickled radish in black sesame sauce…mmmmm
Xmas Hong Kong style provides an intriguing cultural fusion but really not any more bizarre than Holman Hunt’s light of the world 
a copy of which was hanging on the sunday school wall of my childhood. Religious beliefs have obviously adapted to fit the context…who’s to say which scenario is the most unlikely?
Not sure what’s more puzzling…the ape statue with fancy dress costume or the tourist photographing it…or perhaps me for photographing both…its spooky anyway!
So long ago now but I am a very slow blogger…the moon festival is a magical occasion in Hong Kong with so many excited children staying up late to eat moon cakes, parade lanterns and glow sticks, picnic in the park or on the beach and watch the moon. Coincides with the harvest festival that I can remember from my own childhood. Seeing small girls and boys delighted by small cheap shiny toys creates such nostalgia for a time when life was this simple.
Fruit Chan [Made in Hong Kong] and Ann Hui [The Postmodern Life of My Aunt] are two Hong Kong directors who refer to this festival and what it symbolises by focussing on the way that family celebrations can bring more pain than pleasure to those who are disenfranchised by poverty or loss.
Beijing Design week was definitely worth a visit, friends [and Matt] taking part seemed tired but satisfied although as anyone working in the arts and related industries knows there is rarely much monetary gain after all expenses are counted and always so much more to do…passion for the field is essential in order to survive. The biggest revelation for me was the factory in 798, absolutely amazing, to me it is breathtakingly beautiful! Another director that comes to mind is China’s Jia Zhangke whose Still Life has a scene featuring a similarly fabulous industrial relic although for the film’s subjects aesthetics are of secondary concern.
Further info see http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2013/oct/02/beijing-design-week-china-hutongs-preservation
Woman spotted on the MTR with metallic balloons and no dire consequences as far as I can see. Despite the announcements pronouncing that these are banned on the train she seems unconcerned, maybe she doesn’t know but surely what they mean to say is no helium filled metallic balloons??
An early xmas purchase spotted in Hong Kong…helpers relaxing in the warm autumn weather with xmas trees and baubles.
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