Making things with my own hands.

My sister just relocated to Hong Kong for work, and I was visiting. She was looking for some more permanent company in her apartment, and was inspired to make a polar bear after seeing it at her friend’s place. I was enlisted to put him together during my week there. This polar bear paper sculpture is 1.5m tall, and was made of many pieces of paper. After some warm-up practice with a smaller bird project, we decided that my sister would do the cutting, and I would do the past

I’ve never heard of paper quilling before this – in fact, when my partner planned this as a surprise for me and when I arrived at the venue, I was thinking “what is this??”. And so I started with a little bit of skepticism but ended it with so much engagement and enthusiasm and continued building on my piece even after heading home. Compared with a lot of other things I’ve made, paper quilling is not really something that is as intuitive to a general person. So what is paper

I found Suho Paper Memorial Museum when I was planning for my first solo trip to Taiwan back in 2013. At that point, I had already started getting interested in workshops / experiences when I travel, and I was glad to find a place where I could learn to make paper. I remember the museum / workshop to be quite a small place (one of the shopfronts in a street), but as with many establishments in Taipei, it was a quaint and cosy space. There was a shop in front where one can sho