Saturday 25 May 2013

Artsy Send Off

Over this long weekend, it was heartwarming spending time with friends who have so kindly met up to give me their best wishes before I head off to Bandung.
Send off gifts
Besides the wonderful company, there was good food, unique gifts and heartfelt words.
Send off gifts
Send off gifts
Thank you my friends from SF and ATC, you have been a blessing to me in more ways than I might have been able to say.

Friday 17 May 2013

InterWEave


Happy to be featured in Emergenetics International-Asia's InterWEave newsletter for this month. It's about my work with schools using the Student-Teacher Emergenetics Profile (STEP).

Friday 10 May 2013

Thursday 9 May 2013

A*Live @ Bishan Library May 2013

It was punches and stamps at tonight's ATC meet - nothing violent of course. ATC at Bishan May 13
ATC at Bishan May 13
While most of us were just amassing stuff to be used in the future, Ellen did make an instant winner on the spot.
ATC at Bishan May 13
And Vicki shared her handmade stamps and also ATCs she made with them.
ATC at Bishan May 13
Of course, there were also new ATCs, including those on the theme of "Yesterday".
ATC at Bishan May 13
Notice Melissa's series of ATCs tracing all the different techniques we have tried out in the recent months?
This has been a simple and exciting session.

Next month, we will meet on 6 June which is a week sooner than usual. Do note the change of date. As for theme: "Whatever makes you happy".
See you!

Tuesday 7 May 2013

Letterpress in Action

This video featuring the person behind the Letterpress Workshop I recently attended just came freshly off the press.

Michelle Yu, The Gentlemen's Press from anotherbeautifulstory on Vimeo.


And there is this other cool video that I saw at the workshop.

Upside Down, Left To Right: A Letterpress Film from Danny Cooke on Vimeo.

Saturday 4 May 2013

A Little Letterpress Pleasure

I have been hoping to be able to try out letterpress printing and today at a workshop by The Gentlemen's Press I did.
A little letterpress pleasure
It was great fun going through the drawers of types and composing something witty and worthy of print. It was also backbreaking work doing the layout (filling gaps with "furniture") and operating the press required some elbow grease too.
A little letterpress pleasure
Seeing and touching (the oh-so-retro debossed feel!) the final print makes it all worthwhile.
A little letterpress pleasure