THE QUIET COLLECTIVE

I recently learned that there are two kinds of workshops, a kind that designs and educates, similar to Odang Putik’s Workshop, and a kind that gets hot and dirty, like the one I’m going to show you.

For Liter of Light to be able to achieve the 3000+ solar lamp project, a team from a third generation family artisan business is entrusted to mass produce them in a short amount of time, because they can! It took a little convincing for them to show us their workshop though. They would always say it’s too hot, or I might not like it there, but I loved it!

And I also learned from it. I learned that each step of the pottery process is about an art piece that passes through different hands, each with a specialized skill. I also learned that this craft is a cultural art form that is striving under the shadows of more mainstream, social media art. 

Blame me for romanticising everything, but I see the love in their actions and the joy in their eyes as they see their creations take form, through their collective hands. They are proud, I am proud for them as well. Three thousand and more of these pottery pieces will make the deadline.

If you need someone to produce your pottery designs in a large scale, I can introduce you to them.