Wabiwasabi Pottery Pop Up Market
@ taiwai16-17/12, 2023 1-8 pm
圍揪市集
Wabiwasabi Encircle Market: 圍揪市集
2026
18-19.2 3-6pm
In a residential area, this market had a mix of craftmans, healers and ceramists. There was discounted stall that was quite to savage bowls at a pay as you wish price. There were also artwork, that camaflouged too well that people would step over already broken pieces and thought they broke something.
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Ding is closing the space and offered the last 2 month of the cermic studio lease to have a market and events and workshop. Bringing many artist groups together. Closings are a good reason to gather and so is a new year. Thank you for all the friends that came by.
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Ding is closing the space and offered the last 2 month of the cermic studio lease to have a market and events and workshop. Bringing many artist groups together. Closings are a good reason to gather and so is a new year. Thank you for all the friends that came by.
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The booth is shared with All Woods and Seiseihouse.
Then there was a change of scents of insence burning and massages when there was no traffic. With markets it’s hard to make profits and in breaking even or any profits you buy a bowl or a hat from the other booths; chit chat and open up to a strangers intimacy.
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I repaired
a rattle from bisque fire clay, with broken scraps inside an enclosed shell. after bringing a suitcase to the peng chau market, i am learning to make something smaller lighter and useful. So I made some spoon a batch of 8. the back had an edition no. and I broke and repaired one. In repeating, the arm of the spoon starts to warp. Pinching a spoon is very sculptural.
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I repaired
a rattle from bisque fire clay, with broken scraps inside an enclosed shell. after bringing a suitcase to the peng chau market, i am learning to make something smaller lighter and useful. So I made some spoon a batch of 8. the back had an edition no. and I broke and repaired one. In repeating, the arm of the spoon starts to warp. Pinching a spoon is very sculptural.

Hosted and poster/promotion and made by Ding Chu

In the center of the fair all the unused clay were up for grabs to make a collective totem. Later gleaned and reused for other small programmes. I also have some in the studio now, which is probably a lifetime supply. She bought a tonne from taiwan because it was the closest to source but she had to order more. Then the leftover is mostly given to schools and other ceramists. But while we were packing the clay into bags for distrubution we were just talking about our studios having more than we need given from other people’s studio and art projects. It takes time to process and not waste. Thank you ding!
