Well, I've invested a great deal of time trying my hands at new crafts. It was a good learning curve (the sewing part). Sewing on felt is so tough. Baby shoes didn't look nearly like one on my 1st attempt. Nonetheless, I am so pleased with my plushy owl.
Today, we (Jacqui, Suzanne, Nadiyah & I) went to the German European School to check out their D&T department. Their workshops were located in quite far away from the main school. We had to walk quite a distance to get there but it was a great walk after the rain. We had to cross a long wooden bridge which suspended across a jungle and a little stream. The experience was as though we were trekking in the nature reserve. We saw spiders, squirrels and other creepy crawlies (I shall not further elaborate). Nonetheless, it was a good walk (have I not stressed that earlier?!). The teacher who greeted us there was very friendly and helpful showing us around. We also witnessed their students in action and learned a thing or 2 about some of their projects and equipment. It was about lunchtime, so Jacqui & Suzanne has to go back to school to attend their Christmas lunch. Nadiyah and me headed off to the Science Art Museum to see Living with Leonardos. It was an exciting day for us. We silk-screened, learned to hologram, tried out the 3D doodler and (my favourite) got our heads 3D printed. We might introduce some of the things we learnt at the museum to you during our upcoming HIVE launch (dates to be confirmed).
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Nadiyah & I went 'crafty' yesterday at the Little Academy, POMO. We had the whole Wednesday making stuff with Tin. Oh, Tin was our art teacher for the day. She called it our Makenesday. Actually, the workshop were meant for kids (so we were the biggest kids in class - buahahahaha *so shameless*). Nonetheless we were pleased with ourselves as we went home with our crafts. We were as happy as 5-year-olds but without our mothers to fetch us home (haha).
The photos below are taken by Tin. We were too busy making so forgotten to take more photos. You could find more of her crafts and photos on FB. Nadiyah & me went to NDC for our first makers network meeting last Friday, 5th Dec 2014 (7pm). We were overwhelmed with the reception and it was an eye-opening experience. The makers community in Singapore is quite big with diverse skills, areas and interest. It includes hobbyists, free-lance makers, entrepreneurs, technopreneurs, selected government agencies, private organization and schools. Many stakeholders come together to initiate the makers movement helmed the William Hooi, the founder of this community.
Many issues where discussed and we found it quite informative e.g. safety of certain projects, funding from government, pro-activeness of new hobbyist and lastly the new initiation for Smart Nation . All these issues were facilitated by one of Singapore ministers, Minister Vivian Balakrishnan (link from William Hooi's FB) One of their event photographer took a snapshot of the event. Could you spot Nadiyah & me? It was a hit and a miss day for me and Nadiyah. I was expecting to see a crowded hall with booths of makers of different sorts like the recent Maker's Block. However, we were welcomed with a low-key reception by Sathia from the One Makers Group (OMG). He was kind to show us around the workshop, talking about the makers movement, the function of the workshops, the different tools & machinery and the possibilities of us working together. It was quite an eye-opener and we learnt quite a great deal from Sathia especially from a real, experience maker like himself.
We left NDC with a great sense of learning and brought home a valuable advise from Sathia, 'We are learning everyday and we are learning from each other. |
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