Trial and Error

The tenth edition of deTour will explore the theme, Trial and Error, contemplating one's creation process before achieving the best results.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which one to keep. Recollecting those excellent creative works in history, we can see that they were not only defined by the creators’ aesthetic sense, but also the ability of persevering their vision, knowing what people want and uplifting our needs, which are all important elements under the umbrella of design thinking.

Each year, deTour aspires to delve deeper into the thinking process of creation. Many works have taken hundreds of trials, some even thousands, we are curious how one thinks during the course of artistic practice and to what extent they can judge the final work as the best amongst all possibilities.

Through exhibitions, installations, workshops and design talks, we are keen to unearth and demonstrate innovative experimentation, original thinking and invite general public to join us in discussing what makes a good design.

Trial and Error

Highlights

2018 Highlights

Installations

The Strange Tenants

Co-creator: Stéphane Masson
Lumieres Hong Kong celebrates its 1st year anniversary by co-presenting The Strange Tenants, an original creation by Stéphane Masson, who was part of the artistic lineup of the 1st edition of Lumieres Hong Kong. Stéphane Masson returns this time to introduce several strange tenants to PMQ. Giant fish, exotic animals and perhaps the person next to you will appear in various window boxes facing the Courtyard after 6pm during deTour.
This surreal and mischievous distribution of moving images will bring a breath of poetry and smiles to our overcrowded city.

Flawless Failure

Co-creator: KaCaMa Design Lab, thecaveworkshop
Success can bring happiness, but so can failure! Participants are invited to load the carts with pebbles of different weights and compete on the racetrack. The setup of the racetrack will only allow carts of a specific weight to pass through -- the wrong weight will cause the cart to either fly out of the track or crash -- the success rate is only 0.1%! If we are willing to try, failing spectacularly can still be a lot of fun.

The Unknown Machine

Co-Creator: Chan Pak Chuen, Poon Tsz Long, Sunny, Fong Ming Him, Arthur
Bernard Rudofsky’s intriguing book Now I Lay Me Down to Eat illustrates alternative ways of living in the past and inspires us to imagine a new way of living.
The Unknown Machine encourages interactions amongst people, and interactions with nature with its design and structure. The organic core inside the cubic lattice frame has protruding “arms” that are peering holes. Visitors are invited to peep into the holes, observe each other through reflected images: stay, explore and imagine. Drawing people together is the closest way to share, transfer, search and understand the different truths (the unknown) of other individuals.

Ding Dong

Co-creator: Trilingua Design
Ding Dong is an experiment to transform a musical instrument into a spatial structure. It subverts the experience of listening by situating the audience within the instrument to become part of the instrument.
A set of swing boards amongst large wind chime tubes allows participants to slow down and enjoy the movement of swinging, surrounded by the glow and tinkling of the chimes and be engaged in a whole new musical experience.

Project O

Co-creator: IMS (Imaginary Machete Swinger)
Ready to step into the shoes of Othello from Shakespeare’s classic play?
Based on the “trial” and “error” in the literary masterpiece, the project team designed an enclosed booth for visitors to experience Othello’s internal struggle to determine if Desdemona has betrayed him. Testimonies from four main characters in the play will be presented with sound and music that vary with the visitors’ every move. Ay, a final judgment must be made in this literature soundscape!

Canneto

Co-creator: Pino Castagna
A piece by the renowned Italian artist Pino Castagna, Canneto is bushes of bamboo made of Murano glass. Bamboo, in many oriental cultures, symbolises purity and virtue. The incomparable straightness of the bamboo, the perfection of its impetus towards the sky, and the knots between the hollow parts are laden with meanings. The sound of bamboo leaves moving in the wind, to certain masters, is associated with enlightenment. Italian craftsmanship embodying Chinese spirit may remind us of Marco Polo’s travel to China hundreds of years ago.
An accredited installation of BODW City Programme.

Canneto

Exhibitions

White Rabbits, Let's Play

Co-creator: Matthew Sia
Connecting technology and imagination, White Rabbits, Let’s Play is a sound-reactive projection mapping installation.
As the designer leaves to take a breather, white rabbits hop out of the candy wrappers one by one to wander curiously around the workstation, leaving their footprints on the designer’s belongings. Look, the sneaky rabbits are gathering around the snack and taking a nibble of it!
Visitors are invited to surround the workstation and interact with these naughty creatures. But remember, any loud sound, like a clap or a shout, will send them scurrying back to their packaging.

Slow Sculpture - Mountain Water People Creature

Co-creator: Bong Yeung (littleurbanmountain)
Our city’s development and redevelopment are similar to a slow sculpturing process, a constant form-finding exercise in search of its ideal composition. Inspired by local writer Xixi’s concrete poem, the artist uses algorithmic 3D modeling tools to transform the Hong Kong cityscape into a spatial poem.
The installation is an abstraction of past to future urbanization through a sequence of words, music, lighting and poetry. A sea of floating words morphs into different landscapes and cityscapes. As the shape of our “future city” emerges, what’s next?

Revive: Salted Fish

Co-creator: Kay Chan (Designer/ Co-curator), PMQ Taste Library (Co-curator)
The same object often carries different meanings in different eras. The “salted fish” was a meal staple generations ago but has lost its popularity nowadays.
Designer Kay Chan collaborates with Taste Library to initiate an experimental project for a salted fish redux. A contemporary touch is added in every stage from the preservation, to appearance, to packaging design. Visitors are invited to view the salted fish from a brand new perspective.

One And Only

Co-creator: Nao Kimura
More than 20,000 butterflies, remnants of the “Trial and Error” process, are interconnected and bounded to each other by ultrafine wires like a network of nerves. The chair within this network represents human beings. The one and only butterfly that breaks out is illuminated (physically and metaphorically) by external lighting to symbolise a moment of epiphany.
The installation is a spatial interpretation and illustration of the relationship and contrast between “Trial and Error” and “Inspiration” through the use of metaphors.

Sensorial Estates: Hyper-density VS Public-privacy

Co-creator: WE-DESIGNS
Exploring topics of urban overcrowding, housing shortage and Hong Kong’s urban spatial experience as a microcosm of extreme social disparity.
Examining the delineation between public and private space in the context of Hong Kong’s urban experience, and the sociological and spatial narratives it tells us.
As 21st century cities have sprawled outward, with their spiralling behemoth ring-roads and expanses of suburbia, Hong Kong has instead expanded more deeply and densely into and unto itself – continuously cutting and creating more and more spaces out of its complex, congested urban fabric. Here, like nowhere else, entire global supply chains and systems of power are condensed into one metropolitan experience, from Guangzhou factories that supply the world’s consumer goods to the dominating international financial institutions that dictate global markets. As the world’s systems and structures become more volatile and complex, so too does Hong Kong. And so too does the resulting urban fabric of the city as it continues to expand into itself; its pockets of hyper-locality, the superimposition and segregation of contrasting cultural worlds, the widening extremities of the social classes, the mounting influence of Chinese empire encroaching on spaces of Hong Kongnese identity.

Floating Journey

Co-creator: Dyelicious
Floating Journey is inspired by suminagashi, the traditional Japanese art of water marbling that embodies the spirit of “living in the moment”. Floating pigments are swirled into kaleidoscopic patterns using pointed tools. The unpredictability of the creative process is not dissimilar to life. Participants are nonetheless reminded that experimentation can bring about beautiful surprises.
The Japanese zen garden-inspired exhibition includes an experimentation zone and an experience zone in which visitors can go on a meditative creative journey and leave with a souvenir toy boat.

Tree. Journey. Find

Co-creator: Mishtar
Similar to the life of a tree, personal growth comes from overcoming obstacles and learning from mistakes. These experiences become the foundation of a fruitful future.
This installation is a collection of memories in the shape of a tree. Through the nostalgic items suspended from the tree, visitors can recall their own “Trial and Error” moments with fondness.

Move The Words, Keep The Shapes

Co-creator: SP38
As a street artist, SP38 likes working outdoors and in public so that his works are accessible to all.
Creating in public brings an additional dimension to the artwork; viewers’ comments, questions and their proximity have an alchemic power over the final piece of work.
With live painting, the idea that a painting can be an ephemeral and evolving object is more evident. The process becomes a research, as well as a challenge, where tests are permanent, defects are allowed, and errors are visible, to metaphorically align with the theme “Trial and Error”.

(De)color

Co-creator: TH Studio (Steve Tam and Hin Tse)
(de)color is a physical manifestation of the “Trial and Error” process in design. The clear water that goes into the lava lamp installation represents a designer’s own belief and original idea. The different dyes added are analogous to the comments and criticism received in a design process. The repeated cycle of opening up to new ideas and filtering out extraneous information refines and elevates the design without compromising the purity of the original idea.
The final lava lamps, like many design solutions, may not be perfect, but their uniqueness nevertheless makes them special.

The Making of Blue & White Plates

Co-creator: Au-Yeung Ying Chai Craig
This summer Craig Au-Yeung went to Jingdezhen, the “porcelain capital” of China. He lived the life of an artisan and worked on 49 blue and white large porcelain plates.
He painted on these 49 plates bearded men with eyes half closed and mouth opened as if they were speaking. These caricatures represent the artist’s reflection on the world, art and the self. The back of the plates are the artist’s spontaneous wild drawings.
He named this porcelain plate series Starters, a play on the Chinese characters “head” and “plate” which together mean starter.

Design and the City: Urban Futures Lab

Co-creator: Dr. Samantha Edwards-Vandenhoek (Program and Workshop Co-Lead), Bridgette Engeler (Program and Workshop Co-Lead)
Experiential futures are an immersive way to enable people to share in a glimpse of the future of cities and urban environments. The exhibition space combines the display of artefacts and public participatory design activities to stimulate conversation and the development of material outcomes related to urban futures in Hong Kong.
The exhibition comprises the works completed by Honours students in Interior Architecture at the School of Design at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. Themed “Melbourne 02068: designing our futures”, the exhibits are students’ imagination of what it might be like to live in Melbourne 50 years from now and their exploration of how to influence change.
The participatory design activities will produce further future-oriented artefacts for “Hong Kong 02068”— a project to be participated by postgraduate students from the same school as part of their multi-disciplinary design study tour in Hong Kong.

Design and the City: Urban Futures Lab

Design Dialogues

WORD BY WORD: LOGOTYPE AND LOCAL TYPE

Speakers: Calvin Kwok (Type Designer), Sunny Yuen (Art Director, Blackpaper)
More people are aware of typography in the recent years. It is always interesting to look into the stories behind each typeface and its applications. Afterall, words are read in context. This conversation between typeface designer Calvin Kwok and Sunny Yuen, Artistic Director of Blackpaper, will focus on how typography communicates with its audiences. Calvin will start with the current trend that brand names are departing from serif typeface to sans-serif typeface. By looking into the trend and the changes in technology and the contemporary society, the interrelations among typography, brands and design tools will be discussed. On the other hand, Sunny will begin with his observation on the creation of message-driven typefaces and the practical use of calligraphy. He will also be sharing on the interactions between typefaces and their contexts in the community.

FROM JAPAN TO HONG KONG: INNOVATIVE DESIGN IN 21ST CENTURY CITIES

Speakers: Eisuke Tachikawa (CEO and Founder, NOSIGNER), Shun Kawakami (CEO, artless Inc.), Chris Cheung (Founder and Creative Director, XCEPT), Otto Ng (Design Director, LAAB)
Think about how innovative designs happen, and who can bring innovative designs into our complex society? DESIGN is a language and DESIGN is relation-building; this is why DESIGN has been an unparalleled tool for innovation and evolution. The dialogue discloses how Japanese and Hong Kong designers cope with the complexity of the contemporary world through innovation and its corresponding process.

HONG KONG DENIM FESTIVAL 2019: MORE THAN OUNCES

Speakers: Osmond Lee (Co-founder, Bleu•Kobo), Janko Lam (Design Director, Classics Anew), Jason Lee (Founder, YMDH studios), Sonic Lam (Fashion Designer, Start From Zero / Vintage Lover & Collector)
Organizer: Hong Kong Design Institute
In this dialogue, four denim fashion designers from different backgrounds will discuss their design experiences with denim craft and design in the form of “Trial and Error”, the past and present of denim and their blue inspirations.

CREATIVES’ EXPLORATIONS: PROJECT KEEP PUSHING

Speakers: Anton Fung (Drummer, tfvsjs), Dan Fong (Digital Visual Artist and Visual Designer)
Organizer: PROJECT KEEP PUSHING
PROJECT KEEP PUSHING is a creative project where music meets motion pictures. Apart from screening the two titles from the project and their behind-the-scenes, two creatives involved will share their “Trial and Error” experiences and discuss possibilities of two art forms crossing over.

STAND BY ME: LIFE, ANIMATED FILM SCREENING

Speakers: Bianca Lee (President, Hong Kong Association of Art Therapists)
At three years old, a chatty, energetic little boy named Owen Suskind ceased to speak, disappearing into autism with apparently no way out. Almost four years passed and the only stimuli that engaged Owen were Disney films. Then one day, his father donned a puppet — Lago, the wisecracking parrot from Aladdin — and asked, “What’s it like to be you?” And poof! Owen replied, with dialogue from the movie. Life, Animated tells the remarkable story of how Owen found in Disney animation a pathway to language and a framework for making sense of the world. With after-screening sharing.

THE TRAIL OF TRIALS – URBAN ART

Speakers: Steph Chung (Founder, MobArt), Travis Ying (Artist), Neil Wang (Mural Artist and Illustrator), Noble Wong (Founder, Noble Sketchbook)
Organizer: MobArt Gallery
How can we introduce art and creative ideas to Hong Kong? MobArt Gallery is dedicated to connecting artists with the society. In this dialogue, MobArt and their collaborating artists will share their experiences of bringing art into the local community, and how art might survive in this city.

MAPPING AS ART — A POEM TO THE WORLD

Speakers: Bong Yeung (Design Principal, littleurbanmountain), Raymond Chan (Founder-Director, Crevice Design Ltd), Monti Lai (Founder, Farm Side Art Research Lab / Artist / Farmer), Lai Sim Fong (Founder and Dramaturg, Artelier)
Organizer: littleurbanmountain
Our common perception of maps is that they are accurate and scientific, but in fact the act of mapping and its content can be speculative and creative. As James Corner puts it, “Mapping is perhaps the most creative act of any design process.” Artists, architects and designers usually use mapping as a tool to explore and represent social, economic and political values in the city and our urban life. While the creative team is working on the first stage of “Revitalising Village through Art project” in Shunde of China, they would like to share with the audience their plan of conducting a creative research through mapping in the village and how they will end up developing a feasible yet innovative masterplan for its up-grade.

LOUPE’S DESIGNERS IN RESIDENCE: TRIAL AND ERROR IN JEWELLERY DESIGN

Speakers: Aimee Lee (Founder, Paradeisos), Alessia Prati (Jewellery Maker), Sam Wong (Founder, Mille-Feuille Fashion)
Organizer: Loupe
Three Loupe’s designers-in-residence will take the audience along on their journeys of “Trial and Error” in becoming independent jewellery designers. They will share with the audience their struggles of creating their own paths in order to follow their dreams.

HELLO, SALTED FISH…?

Speakers: Kay Chan (Designer), Andy Dark (Curators, PMQ Taste Library)
Organizer: PMQ Taste Library
The same object often carries different meanings in different eras. The “salted fish” was a meal staple generations ago but its popularity has since waned. With a twist in design, contemporary inspirations on “salted fish” will be born. Let’s revisit the pungent and delicious salted fish all over again in this year’s deTour!

CHAOS BEHIND GLAMOUR: FIRST MONDAY IN MAY FILM SCREENING

Speakers: Colleen Yu (Founder and Principal, EX-R Consulting), Polly Ho (Co-founder, Loom Loop)
The First Monday in May follows the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s most attended fashion exhibition in history, “China: Through The Looking Glass,” an exploration of Chinese-inspired Western fashion by Met curator Andrew Bolton. With after-screening sharing.

“LINEAR DESIGN PROCESS = EFFICIENT DESIGN PROCESS”

Host: Roger Wu (Council Member, RIBA | Chairman, RIBA Hong Kong Chapter)
Organizer: RIBA HK Chapter
In response to the theme of deTour 2018 – “Trial & Error”, this event explores whether “Trial & Error” plays a positive role in the design process or otherwise, especially in the context of Hong Kong where efficiency and convenience rule supreme. Is there room for “learning from mistakes” even though there may be a case for “refinement by iterations”? Indeed, which is more conducive for creativity? The motion for the debate “Linear Design Process = Efficient Design Process” will provoke the Proposition and Opposition Teams of speakers to challenge each other’s views on the value of “Trial & Error”.

DECODING MEDIATION: DESIGNING A WIN-WIN SOLUTION

Speakers: C.W. Ling / Yue Sze Hung, Beginla / Stephanie Cheung / Tang Cheuk Yan, Clement / Yam Cheuk Ling, Shirley / Ma So So, Josephine / Lam Wai Pan, Wilson / Nana Lui Lam Wing Kai, Isaac / May T.M. Chan / Sala Sihombing Stephanie Wong (Accredited Mediators in Hong Kong), Flora Leung (Founding Director, Matter Matters)
Organizer: Hong Kong Mediation Council
Designers and businesses often encounter disputes relating to copyright, contract, licensing and sale of goods etc.. Is there an alternative way to resolve these conflicts other than long and expensive court battles? “Decoding Mediation: Designing a Win-win Solution” will explain how mediation is able to resolve disputes effectively with greater satisfaction. It will comprise a drama on mediation, discussion by experienced mediators, and a sharing session by local designer Flora Leung on how mediation helped her to enforce her design rights.

ERROR 404! BUSTING MYTHS FOR HONG KONG’S CRAFTSMEN!

Speaker: Wong Yuk Kuen (Senior Media Project Curator, Trial and Error Lab)
Organizer: Trial and Error Lab
Urban myths about craftsmen: “Good wine needs no bush.” “It’s impossible for a full-time craftsman to earn a living.” Are they true or not? Trial and Error Lab will look into the myths based on their observations of local young craftsmen and the creative industry.

A BITE OF ERROR

Speakers: Caleb Ng & Joshua Ng (Founders, Twins Kitchen), Stephanie Wong (Founder, Roots Eatery), Claire Kim (Founder and Pastry Chef, Claire de Lune)
Organizer: PMQ Taste Kitchen
Four F&B up-and-coming talents and entrepreneurs will talk about the “Trial and Error” process they have undergone in launching PMQ Taste Kitchen, Hong Kong’s first-ever F&B incubation programme, and the relationship between the food industry and design.

A BITE OF ERROR

Workshops

UPCYCLED MESH-KNOTTING ACCESSORIES WORKSHOP

Organizer: MODEMENT
MODEMENT’s design respects human touch and promotes the effective use of resources. We weave leftover fabrics into every new collection by hand to produce “zero waste” and fulfill our green fashion responsibilities. Every art piece we create comes from the accumulation of techniques and experiences. To let participants experience our creative process, this workshop uses mesh-knotting accessories as a medium to introduce visitors to basic weaving and knotting techniques. They will be able to make use of leftover fabrics to weave their own bracelets, or turn it into a necklace by adding our leather accessories.

HANDCRAFTED FLORAL BRANCH BANGLE WORKSHOP

Organizer: Pamycarie
Handcrafted jewellery always evokes feeling of warmth and uniqueness that mass-produced items can never replicate. The Floral Branch Bangle is one of the most adored signature creations from Pamycarie. Participants will design the bangle with the floral ornaments provided. They will then be guided to assemble the flowers and beads onto the bangle with silver threads. A fine UV coating needs to be applied on the bangle which will be placed under the UV light to set before it is ready to be picked up.

HANDMADE JAPANESE TRADITIONAL PAPER WORKSHOP

Organizer: LomfaFair
At the very beginning, a piece of paper is made by interweaving fibers. Different kinds of fiber produce paper products with different functions. Paper made from rough fibers is suitable for making decorations, such as wrapping paper, lampshade, wallet etc; while paper made from smooth fibers is used for writing, book-making and printing. During the papermaking process, the pounding sound of wooden hammer hitting on plants to extract fibres intertwines with the stress-relieving sound of waves. We are allowed to focus on the present moment, and reconnect to ourselves. You will experience this process first-hand at the workshop.

CO-CREATION OF CITY LANDSCAPE – SPRAY PAINTING ON BRICKS WORKSHOP

Organizer: 1a Space
Taking references from the landmarks of Hong Kong’s old districts, the city’s historical background and cultural stories, participants will create stencils with patterns and motifs inspired by the city and its communities. Spray painting on bricks through visual arrangement, juxtaposition and repetition of stencils will be introduced to the participants. They will create a collage of our city’s possibilities through spray painting on bricks.

RECYCLED SEED PAPER WORKSHOP

Organizer: Sap Fong
Have you imagined what you could do with all the waste paper every day? Take a moment to think about giving these paper a second life. Join us for a creative recycled seed paper-making workshop, and we will show you how easy it is to make our own recycled paper with tools around us. You can write and grow your own beautiful plant and delicious herb from the recycled seed paper made by yourself.

HEART EXPERIMENTAL LAB

Organizer: Hong Kong Association of Art Therapists
Art is a conduit for the development of the self and the world. Art psychotherapy is a form of treatment, a tool for self-development and exploration. In our daily lives, we try to make plans, and sometimes we make mistakes. We would evaluate, rework and reinvent to discover something new. Art psychotherapy can be the very testing ground for us to process life, and free ourselves from the emotional baggage we carry. The session will be led by 1 to 2 professional art psychotherapists, and begin with simple sharing among participants. Followed by warm up exercise and art activities tailored to explore their inner worlds, participants can then proceed to interact with group members and respective therapists to talk about their personal discoveries. They will learn tips and tricks to self-care using art, followed by Q and A about art psychotherapy.

DAILY PRACTICE: INDIGO DYE CUTLERY BAG WORKSHOP

Organizer: Giants Tie Dye
Indigo Tie Dye (natural dye) is one of the most ancient crafts in human history. The participants will be taught traditional dyeing techniques to create a unique piece of indigo cutlery bag.

DYEING THE HONG KONG BLUE

Organizer: Small Smile by Sarah
With locally planted blue dye, let’s start the dye journey together and find out stories about textile and dyeing of the city. Blue dye is an art with thousands of years of history. But do you know how many processes are required to dye a piece of clothing blue? This workshop hopes that those who like to dye and fond of textiles will learn more about the different cultures of blue dye around the world. Each little step will add colour to the final product.

FLORAL WREATH WITH GOLDEN CALLIGRAPHY WORKSHOP

Organizer: HeyJune Studio
It is so relaxing to put down everything and just focus on the watercolour painting. The way it blends with water is so satisfying. We will introduce the technique of watercolour and way to paint floral, then you can create your own watercolour wreath. Add a nice quote or name in the wreath to make it a valuable gift for your loved one.

ELECTROLUMINESCENT WIRE SIGN WORKSHOP

Organizer: Myosotis Flower
Electroluminescent wire (EL Wire) generates similar effects but is safer and easier to handle when compared with neon light, and it is the main material for this workshop. Participants will be given a two-metre long EL wire. They will first learn about the usage and limitations of this material, then they will develop a draft based on their own choice of pattern and / or texts and decide on the measurements before twisting and creating the final product.

PARTY WITH US! FROM FOOD WASTE TO HK SOAP

Organizer: HK Soap
Want to go through the “Trial and Error” of making handmade soap? Join us to turn our food waste into soap! You will be meeting our soap expert and we will be shaping your soap with bare hands. In order to make a 100g soap, 37g of food residuals, varying from coffee drag, local rice chaff and expired yellow ginger powder, will be used. This will be a nourishing cleansing experience to help solving food waste problem and turn our planet back to a healthy place to live in.

CUT & TRY: ZINE MAKING WORKSHOP

Organizer: Swinburne's School of Design
“A line is a dot that went for a walk.” – Paul Klee A zine (mini-magazine) is a self-published work that is usually reproduced via the photocopier. The DIY aesthetics encourages risk-taking and playfulness. Through a series of rapid iterative process and ideation exercise, participants will generate visual imagery and text to create a series of handmade “zines” which explore the values of “Trial and Error”, risk-taking and experimentation in design. The focus of this workshop is humanising creativity and normalising failure through self-expression. The completed zines will be printed and exhibited at the end of the workshop day in our pop-up studio.

WHEN COPPER MEETS WOOD – ACCESSORIES WORKSHOP

Organizer: UpCycling Plus
The workshop combines sustainable design with object restoration and upcycling. Come and learn about practical carpentry and metalwork skills, and experiment creatively through re-designing and re-using waste materials. The team believes that the gist of upcycled design is the way it inspires creativity through experimentation of objects that are seemingly useless. Cheong Gor, the craft master from UpCycling Plus, has turned his own vintage cargo bike into a mobile carpentry and metalworking space. Participants will design and create unique accessories from waste and raw materials using practical restoring tools and skills instructed. During the workshop, Cheong Gor will also share about his vintage aesthetics, traditional craftsmanship and modern upcycling design experience with the participants.

ENAMEL PAINT ON SILVER FOLDED AEROPLANE WORKSHOP

Organiser: Lucy Shih
Design and art are transcended through breakthroughs amid “Trial and Error”. Glazing (enamel painting) is an art form that requires a lot of “Trial and Error” to master which one can often achieve surprising results. This workshop not only allows participants to experience the changes of low-temperature glaze, it also teaches participants to use pure silver to fold paper planes from our childhood memories. Let the paper plane take your dreams! Freedom, flying higher and farther better! Let it accomplish the unfinished dreams, and hope for a better life in the future. Folding the paper plane reminds us all the “Trial and Error” moments in our lives.

NOSTALGIC ZINC IRON MAILBOX WORKSHOP

Organizer: 1a space
Signages, patterns and marks found in our neighbourhoods are full of collective memories and cultural references. Print them on zinc iron mailboxes to produce unique creations with Hong Kong characteristics.

TURKISH TRADITIONAL WEAVING LANYARD STRAP WORKSHOP

Organizer: Rapture Handmade
As the Chinese proverb goes, “Failure teaches success.” Mistakes are inevitable in our creative process and we can only learn and improve from them. Practice makes perfect and eventually leads to success. Weaving seems simple but any lapse in concentrate and the piece will never get completed. This workshop not only teaches Turkish traditional weaving skills, but also focus training. Learn how to use traditional skills to create a new lanyard strap for your camera or cardholder.

FLOW ART WOODEN JEWELLERY PLATE WORKSHOP

Organizer: Go With The Flow Workshop
Let art flows into life! Flow art emphasises on the fluidity and transformational quality of paint. By skilfully mixing and controlling the ink flow, unique and elegant art pieces can be created. Participants will learn how to make a beautiful flow art wooden jewelry plate in the one-hour workshop. They will learn how to mix epoxy colour pigments and the skills of creating different effects.

FROM DECORATION TO CREATION: ART JAMMING ON FOOD PLATES

Organizer: Au Yeung Ying Chai Craig
Cartoonist Craig Au-Yeung has turned plates into his canvas, painting caricatures on blue and white porcelain tableware that visualises his worldly reflections. Visitors are welcome to go to PMQ Taste Library for an artistic plating experience incorporating ingredients of vibrant colours and textures. Come explore the possibilities and create something uniquely yours!

MY FIRST STEPS – INFANT WOOL BOOTIES WORKSHOP

Organizer: Debbie Leung
In this workshop, participants will make a pair of seamless wool booties for infants for their first steps in life. Just like every step of our lives, we all learn how to walk by “Trial and Error”. We need to equip our little ones so they will go ahead and march forward into their bright future.

COOKING DEMO: UNEXPECTED RECIPES WITH SALTED FISH

Organizer: PMQ Taste Library
The popularity of different ingredients in cooking varies from decade to decade. Sometimes the use of a certain ingredient declines only because of our limited knowledge and understanding of it. Is salted fish only good for fried rice and meat cake? Curator Andy Dark will demonstrate other possibilities of using salted fish creatively to make dishes that you wouldn’t have expected!

UPCYCLED TREE BRANCH SHAKER WORKSHOP

Organizer: Sap Fong
In the contemporary consumer culture where consumption is actively encouraged, let’s take a moment to look at the things around us. Join us in our workshop, which is inspired by nature, to create your very own tree branch shaker with tree branches found on hiking trails, seashells collected from beaches in Lantau, and bottle caps saved from our daily life. This is a hands-on and experiential workshop led and guided by the founders of Sap Fong.

KINTSUGI: THE ART OF REPAIR USING LACQUER AND GOLD

Organizer: Waka Artisans
Accidents happen despite the best of care. When something with sentimental value is damaged, you would want to have it restored. Kintsugi is a beautiful way to address our errors. Kintsugi is the traditional method of repairing ceramics, wood-work and glass using lacquer and gold or silver. It is an ongoing learning process that requires constant practice of “trial and error”. Through repairing and showing off the imperfections, the item is imbued with new value, meaning and aesthetics. And the practice itself is both healing and meditative.

NO.5 UPCYCLING RAPPORT – UPCYCLING WALLET WORKSHOP

Organizer: Blackbody Lab
“Wastes are resources that people yet to see!” This No.5 Upcycling Rapport (report) does not only give us an overview of the recycling situation in Hong Kong and the challenges that we are facing, it also shows how proper upcycling could help us build a more sustainable environment. Participants will learn how to create and customise their own wallets from recycled light-boxes (plastic no.5, polypropylene), using origami folding techniques and through a process of “Trial and Error”. This original origami wallet design is created to work better and last longer than traditional leather wallets. A wallet that is sustainable, durable, functional, beautiful, and affordable at the same time. Too good to be true? Come and “fold” for yourself!

MESSY SYMPHONY – HAND-PAINTED UV RESIN WORKSHOP

Organizer: Shel crafts&music
Creativity is letting our imagination run wild, while art is the process of selecting beautiful work. Have fun with acrylic paint and conduct your own messy symphony! Join us in exploring combination of colours, shapes and textures, and create your own unique picture through the process of trial and error. Incorporating UV resin art, your favourite colours and patterns will be transformed into a necklace or a keychain. Whether you are a skilled painter or kids who simply love messing around with crayons, a couple of friends, or a sweet family, it does not matter! We can all experience the search for exquisite beauty in a process seemingly filled with randomness and mistakes. Come and compose a chaotic yet melodic symphony together!

ETHNIC STYLE PATCHWORK CARDHOLDER WORKSHOP

Organizer: Mishtar
Pick and choose from fabric swatches of different sizes and shapes, and stitch them up with hammer, needles and threads. Learn how to make your own ethnic style cardholder with cloth and washable kraft paper.

BLIND DRAWING WORKSHOP

Organizer: Witty And Bluey
Drawing is mostly about hand-eye coordination, so that everything is precise and the result is visually pleasing. Have you ever tried drawing staring at your subject without looking at the paper? Maybe you will end up with something funny that bears no resemblance to the subject. It is an alternative way to practise hand-eye coordination, letting your hand trace what you see. Let's step out of our preconceived ideas of beauty and explore the other possibilities together!

FULL MOON NIGHT LAMP WORKSHOP

Organizer: Starology
The Night Lamp consists of layers of printed plastic film in a wooden box with a glass panel. The tutor will guide the participants on how to arrange the layers to create depth to the image and achieve a 3D effect. A round LED light is placed at the back of all the layers to glow like a “full moon”. Dried petals will be added inside the wooden box to mimic gentle snowfall. Participants are encouraged to try out different arrangements of the film layers to get their desired final effect.

INCENSE STICK WORKSHOP – WINTER EDITION

Organizer: okapi studio
Banish the winter blues with some incense. In this workshop, okapi studio will introduce the history of incense in Hong Kong, followed by related folklore. Participants will learn about various fragrant materials that are suitable for winter, such as cypress, clove and sand ginger. They can then choose amongst these materials and learn to make their own incense stick.

SOAPSTONE CARVING WORKSHOP

Organizer: Soapstone Studio
Stone carving is an art of elimination, anything that is not needed is taken away. Every move is calculated; every step, whether good or bad, contributes to the final product. Just be brave: try and make mistakes. Try your best, enjoy the process and admire the final result.

FREE FLOW WORKSHOP – PASTE A TRACE! LINOCUT PRINTING

Organizer: Pinacotheca
In this workshop, participants will be introduced to the basics of linocut carving and printing techniques. Participants will learn how to identify what makes an ideal image for a linocut artwork. They can either use their own design or use the readymade ones for printing. Starting with tracing the selected pattern or design and transferring them onto the lino surface, they can then carve the lino block with linocut blades to create a positive image. The image will be inked using a roller with block printing ink and printed onto paper or fabric. Participants will also learn an easy way to print using a spoon and soap. They can take home the lino block to do more printing at home! The workshop will focus on mono or duo-colour print. Participants may choose to print the same design in multicolours.

SUKUMO WORKSHOP

Organizer: Sukumo Leather
The SUKUMO Leather acquires its unique indigo colour through a completely natural process. Following a 600-year-old Japanese tradition, the dye is made from the fermented leaves of the mature indigo. SUKUMO Leather’s wonderful suppleness and beautiful shades are simply unrivalled. Come and make your own leather bracelet using the inimitable SUKUMO Leather.

FRONTSIDE OF CETACEAN – RUBBER STAMPS WORKSHOP

Organizer: Ocean Stamps
Ocean Stamps take rubber stamps as the medium of environmental education to tell stories of the ocean. Through painting and carving rubber stamps, participants get a clearer picture of the characteristics of cetaceans, their lives, past, present and future. The workshop will teach participants ways of distinguishing between whales and dolphins. At the end of the workshop, they will take home not only the rubber stamps but also tales of the ocean.

Market

5 SENSES MARKET

Organizer: HKHands
The five human senses play a unique role by receiving signal from the environment and then relayed to the brain for interpretation. These senses are major elements for creating designs. Co-organized by deTour and HKHands, 5 Senses Market invites you to be inspired through vivid colours of handmade soap and jewellery, fragrance from perfumes and dried flowers, and delicacy like tea and jam.

5 SENSES MARKET