It is estimated that 3,500 years ago, native Filipinos began making traditional pots as water vessels, cups, plates, and more. Today, pottery is still alive and we can practice it in the comfort of our own homes.
At the onset of the COVID-19 quarantine, many believed that it will only take a month or two before they could finally take off their masks and live a normal life outside. But sometimes, things don’t work the way people want them to— Filipinos are either stuck inside their houses or in other appalling conditions a year after the lockdowns have been imposed.
To cope with the upsetting series of events, people began immersing themselves in hobbies like baking sushi and Ube cheese pandesal; a lot of hands have also grown weary of whipping instant coffee powder, sugar, and hot water to make the perfect Dalgona Coffee.
One productive hobby that emerged is pottery, the process of forming vessels and other objects with clay or other ceramic materials. In this article, we listed online pot making workshops you can check out:
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1. Kibō Studio
In a span of two hours and 30 minutes, students of Kibo Studio will be able to learn basic hand-building, painting, or glazing pottery online. Reine So, the 22-year-old founder of the workshop, explains that pot making is a good way to de-stress amid the pandemic as it serves as a reminder for people to be “present, patient, and flexible”.
“Now is always a good time to set aside a few hours to learn something that will require your full attention. The process of pottery has its own way of teaching us a lot about life,” Reine tells Tatler Philippines. “Holding and making something with our own hands can be meditative. In a time of uncertainty, it is only healthy for us to get involved in activities that nurture good energy so we could grow as individuals."
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