Hot For Pottery
The silver lining was that Eck Kheng learnt that the Chua siblings, Soo Kim, Soo Khim and Patsy, all potters, then started Sam Mui Kuang Pottery, a studio business in Yio Chu Kang.
Eck Kheng’s weekend hobby has resulted in him producing easily hundreds of pieces. Some of which he has donated to Assissi Hospice for their fund raising.
Clay Makers Unite
"A number of organisations help people with special needs and participate in the clay festival. Many people with special needs produce amazing work. SG enabling village understands that pottery is a craft that everyone can do."
A basic technique known as pinching is used, where you push your thumb into clay and this allows you to create a little seed bowl within one session.
Eck Kheng has come a long way since his early brush with the craft. So passionate is he about his “hobbyist craft”, as he calls it, that he organised the first Singapore Clay Festival in 2021 at Enabling Village, together with Wendy Cheong and a former colleague, Seah Tzi Yan.
The Clay Makers’ Market, a ceramics art and craft exhibition and sale will showcase the works of Eck Kheng and master potters such as Ahmad Abu Bakar, Jessie Lim, as well as 130 potters from community partner organisations like Art Faculty, Metta and Touch.
"Bigger studios or collectives can have their own shows. A national one like this allows everyone to showcase their work."
About the Clay Makers’ Market
10 Nov (Thu) from 12nn to 8pm
11-13 Nov (Fri–Sun) from 10am to 8pm
Enabling Village
20 Lengkok Bahru Singapore 159053
Exhibition and sale of ceramics, workshops (you may sign up with the studios)
Refreshments: Available at cafes around the Village or nearby Redhill Market.
- Admission: $8 per entry (inclusive of a free tote bag)
- Children under 1.2m: Free Admission
