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Fungus Workshop Leather Craft
I learned leather craft from a few books but I felt kind of lonely just doing things I like all by myself. Thanks to Bubi Au Yeung, a figurine artist, who told me about Fungus Workshop, so I signed up for a beginner's class, two lessons passed and I got to know stuffs I didn't learn from books, plus knowing these passionate people who enjoy life and craft genuinely, which is kind of rare in a city like Hong Kong.
Each classmate choose what he/she would like to do from a bunch of samples. I chose to do something in the line of stationery (later I will do a camera/laptop messenger bag). Their template was a notebook cover, but I decided to make it a GTD index card holder. After finishing it, I decided to add a notebook for note taking and an antique key to nostalgize the whole thing.
For all leather projects I did, improvisation in the last minute seems to add beautiful touches to a plain project. As you can see, the enclosure here doesn't wrap the back of the cover to the front, instead it leaves the back wide open so I can dangle the whole notebook or even hook it up to my messenger bag.
Instead of a Moleskine notebook, I put a Rhodia notebook inside just because of its bright orange color, to lighten up a bit. However, I hate the fact that the PU cover of Rhodia discolored after just 6 months from my acquisition of it. In addition, it just doesn't lie flat like a Moleskine does when opened. Anyhow, the discoloration did added the raw and battered look I like.
For those of you who are in Hong Kong and hunger for leather craft, I highly recommend Fungus Workshop. Hoiming and Baldwin, Grace and Philip, all four are friendly souls you can chat with and learn from. I am so happy Hong Kong is catching up with Japan and Taiwan in leather crafting. Keep it up Fungus!
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My three moleskin notebooks.
Usually I used one notebook for couple of months. But the most recent one was used for more than one year. That's because I tried other notebooks (failed and came back to moleskin), and because I couldn't buy it because of shortage.
Now I prepare three new moleskin notebooks. Hope used them up in this year. :)
2006년부터 써왔던 몰스킨. 보통 몇 달 안에 한 권씩 쓰는 편인데, 작년에는 잠시 다른 곳에 메모를 하기도 했고, 다시 몰스킨으로 돌아오고 나니 재고가 없어서 구하지 못해서 아껴쓰고 하다보니, 한 권 쓰는데 거의 1년이 넘게 걸려버렸다.
이번엔 세 권 새로 준비해놨으니 열심히 쓰면 될 듯. :)
Pages from my inspiration notebook -- a recent project that organized all of my random magazine clippings.
Made new listings today and tried to get all colors framed and photographed...I'm afraid I didn't get all colors, but most of them are here =)
Shots of my planner for my blog and all crafty things for this year! part of an old notebook I am determined to fill up this year.
notebook: moleskine city notebook (beijing)
gel pen: muji 0.38mm gel pen (black)
ruler: craft design technology item 02
Full-page ink sample. You can see that it is wide-ruled, with a margin, and both punched _and_ perforated.
Notebooks made from recycled envelopes and cardboard.
Now for sale at Etsy: www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27066392
One of the popular singing artists the kids are listening to these days is a talented entity that calls itself "Busted." The name seems a bit odd, since one might think, they were broken, or the police would arrest them for some reason. Anyway, this talented group has ended up somehow in the notebook of my student. Here's the lyrics in their entirety.
I'm fairly certain this student has a lite understanding of them at best--and that's a very good thing.
The irony of these charm-school girls having anything to do with the swagger of so-called urban artists in the US is immense!
Here's the lyrics, quoted. I disclaim them fully.
((I should try to get this gal into the the fine music of Bill Monroe, or perhaps the wild pickin' of John Duffy and Seldom Scene. Why do I think there'd be too little tangible transgression in that music to appeal to this kid?))
Oh, yeah yeah
Her voice is echoed in my mind
I count the days till she is mine
I can't tell my friends cause they will laugh
I love a member of the staff
And I fight my way to front of class
To get the best view of her ass
I drop the pencil on the floor
She bends down and shows me more,
That's what I go to school for
Even know it is a real bore
You can call me crazy
I know that she craves me
That's what I go to school for
Even know it is a real bore
Girlfriends I've had plenty
None like Miss MacKenzie
That's what I go to school for
That's what I go to school for
So she may be thirty-three
But that doesn't bother me
Her boyfriend's working out of town
I find a reason to go round
I climb a tree outside her home
To make sure that she's alone
I've see her in her underwear
I can't help but stop and stare
That's what I go to school for
Even know it is a real bore
You can call me crazy
But I know that she craves me
That's what I go to school for
Even know it is a real bore
Girlfriends I've had plenty
None like Miss McKenzie
That's what I go to school for
That's what I go to school for
Everyone that you teach all day
knows you're looking at me in a different way
I guess, that's why
My marks are getting so high
I could see those tell-tale signs
Telling me that I was on your mind
I could see that you wanted more
When you told me that I'm what you go to school for
I'm what you go to school for
She's packed her bag it's in the trunk
Looks like she picked herself a hunk
We drive by school to say goodbye
My friends they can't believe their eyes
That's what I go to school for
Even know it is a real bore
You can call me crazy
But I know that she craves me
That's what I go to school for
Even know it is a real bore
Girlfriends I've had plenty
None like Miss MacKenzie
That's what I go to school for
That's what I go to school for.
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