• Design Spectrumhong-kong-soil-ceramic-workshop

    2024.07.06/ 2024.07.20

    【Pass The Baton】Hong Kong Soil Ceramic Workshop

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    Do you know where are the clay in the ceramics we see in daily life come from? Have you ever thought if the soil dig up at construction sites could be recycled and used for ceramic after treatment? ‘Hong Kong Soil’ Team, whose members are actively advocating the purposeful reuse of discarded soil in construction in recent years, will introduce in the workshop and work with the participants to make use of Hong Kong soil creating their unique ‘incense house’ (incense burner for tower incense). Join us to explore the possibility of materials and experience making clay tablets with different tools to build your own ceramic houses!

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    Special Note:

    The instructor will further process the works made by the participants during the workshop, expect to be finished by late August. Design Spectrum will contact the participants individually for the arrangement to collect the finished works.

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    Remarks for Participants:

    – Please provide correct contact information including name, email and contact number during registration. Only registration with all required information will be treated as completed.
    – Upon completing the registration, the participant is deemed to have accepted all terms and conditions of the event, the official rules as stipulated and to those that may be later introduced by the Organiser.
    – The Organiser reserves the right to cancel participation of applicants with past records of unexcused absence and invalid contact information.
    – The Organiser will notify all participants about the rescheduled arrangement before 12:00nn of event day by email and phone, if bad weather and other unforeseen factors occur.
    – The Organiser reserves the rights of final decision on terms and conditions without prior notice.

    VENUE

    Unit A, 7/F, D2 Place ONE, 9 Cheung Yee Street, Lai Chi Kok

    DATE & TIME

    2024.07.06 (Sat) | 1:30pm – 4:00pm
    2024.07.20 (Sat) | 1:30pm – 4:00pm

    NO. OF PARTICIPANT

    20pax per session

    LANGUAGE

    Cantonese

    FEE

    Free Admission

    Age

    9 or above (participants below 12 must accompanied by guardian)

    Instructor

    Niko Leung

    Registration

  • Instructor

    Niko Leung is a product designer working across form, surface and space to tie among art, design, architecture and recycling. Niko received her bachelor’s degree in design from Design Academy Eindhoven, the Netherlands, worked at ceramics manufacturing company Royal Tichelaar Makkum. Upon her return to Hong Kong, she was a visual art and design tutor at Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity in Hong Kong.

    Niko was a resident artist in Jingdezhen (CN), Fiskars (FI), Den Bosch (NL) and Arita (JP). She was awarded DFA Young Design Talent Award* in 2017, and her project OUR LAND with BeCandle was awarded DFA* Gold Award in 2023.

    Her experience of studying and working in the Netherlands inspired her keen interest in re-examining materials and the way we make use of them. Niko founded TMML Studio in 2020, co-created ‘Hong Kong Soil’ to advocate purposeful reuse of discarded soil in construction.

    * Sponsored by Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (formerly known as Create Hong Kong)

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    Niko Leung