After dinner tonight, we went up to PMQ, a design collective with a host of trendy shops, to check out the current exhibition 1600 Pandas, a world touring exhibit partnering with the WWF to raise awareness of the number of pandas currently living in the wild. Though the papier-mâché pandas popped up around town in a variety of locations over the last few weeks, they're now currently living at PMQ, at least until the beginning of next week.
After checking out the crowded exhibit - including Hug Hug Panda, a special selfie taking area (I'm not kidding, that's what the signage said) - we walked around some of the shops. My favorite was Flow+ Living, a small ceramics shop featuring the work of Hong Kong artist, Yokky Wong, and run as a co-partnership with two of her students. One of her students, Heidi Choi (who makes whimsical handbuilt sculptures of children doing yoga), interrupted me after several minutes of my perusing the ceramics (read: picking up multiple pieces, closing my eyes, and reading them with my hands) to ask, knowingly, if I was a potter. I responded yes and we spent about 15 minutes talking about art and ceramics in Hong Kong (the limitations: space and high rent) and each of our work. It was a breath of fresh air to this heart, aching to touch clay after a long absence. I purchased one of Yokky's lovely Lotus tea bowls, and can't wait to bring it home.
After checking out the crowded exhibit - including Hug Hug Panda, a special selfie taking area (I'm not kidding, that's what the signage said) - we walked around some of the shops. My favorite was Flow+ Living, a small ceramics shop featuring the work of Hong Kong artist, Yokky Wong, and run as a co-partnership with two of her students. One of her students, Heidi Choi (who makes whimsical handbuilt sculptures of children doing yoga), interrupted me after several minutes of my perusing the ceramics (read: picking up multiple pieces, closing my eyes, and reading them with my hands) to ask, knowingly, if I was a potter. I responded yes and we spent about 15 minutes talking about art and ceramics in Hong Kong (the limitations: space and high rent) and each of our work. It was a breath of fresh air to this heart, aching to touch clay after a long absence. I purchased one of Yokky's lovely Lotus tea bowls, and can't wait to bring it home.