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Textilian 😉 Colombian Magpie🦜in Hong Kong. Hands-on 🙌🏽 Human hunting/gathering/planting/fermenting 🫧 materials, tastes and colors

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我们通常将“制作”（making）理解为一种以结果为导向的活动：收集材料、准备食物、制作物件、染织布料，最终生成一个可以被看见、使用或展示的东西。

但如果，“制作”本身就是一种理解世界的方式呢？

作为 “世界如何生成”（The Making of Worlds）的系列内容，我们邀请到来自香港的艺术家 @paosinis Paola Sinisterra，分享她持续展开的实践——从食物、发酵、植物、纤维与纺织，到共同制作，以及她始终关注的一个问题：我们是否可以通过双手来理解世界？

Paola 将自己称为 “Hands-On Human”。

对她而言，双手并不只是执行任务的工具，而是身体与世界发生关系的一种方式。它们既参与制作，也参与思考、感知、学习，以及与他人建立关系。她的实践建立在“调动全部感官进行工作”的经验之上，也延伸至对可持续生产方式、社区关系、田野工作，以及传统手工艺与烹饪技艺的记录与研究；与此同时，她持续关注材料、食材与自然资源，以及它们与人和地方之间形成的关系。

在本期艺术家讲座中，Paola 将从采集、烹饪、发酵、植物与纺织研究，到共同制作等具体实践出发，分享她如何通过双手与材料、食物、植物和地方建立联结，并在制作的过程中认识我们所身处的世界。

欢迎感兴趣的朋友们报名参加。
We often understand making as a goal-oriented activity: gathering materials, preparing food, making objects, dyeing textiles, and eventually producing something that can be seen, used, or exhibited.

But what if making itself could be a way of understanding the world?

As part of The Making of Worlds, we invited Hong Kong-based artist Paola Sinisterra to share her ongoing practices around food, fermentation, plants, fibers, textiles, and collective making, and a keen interest in understanding the world through our hands.

Paola describes herself as a “Hands-On Human.”

For her, the hands are not simply tools for carrying out a task. They are an extension of the brain: a way of thinking, sensing, learning, and relating to others. Her practice is fueled by “working with all the senses,” sustainable making practices that build communities, fieldwork and the documentation of c traditional craft and cooking techniques, and research into materials, ingredients, and resources.
Through foraging, cooking, fermentation, textile research, and making together, she brings a making practice into everyday life impacting the relationship between people, materials, and place.

Drop a comment below if you’d like to join 👇
We’ll DM you the details in participation. #artistlecture #fermentation #ecoart #plantlife #worldsmaking by @paosinis

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Our lives_ENTANGLED. The joy of feeding each other with foods (for thought) we grow and cook and eat together. What a trip to have watched @zheng__mahler and @phdgroup.art tend to a garden of beings and tend to attention and observation and growth and gathering, quietly, small, in person. May the mycelium keep its tangling underfoot. by @paosinis

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I met Louise of @_creativecity_ the day we launched Tangram, before IG 😝🤪 (pre-history!!) in the decade and a half after we have been friends, neighbors, travelers, partners in (minor) crime, dog hoomans and more importantly firm believers in the explosive and unique creative spirit of Hong Kong. So joining her on the couch as Creative City sets camp in one of the last hidden tong laus of the hood where I lived the first 2 years of this HK adventure is a beautiful loop ➰ Join us on Tuesday 30th of June under the Strawberry 🍓 Full Moon 🌕 to talk inspiration, joy and tactile journeys. There will be touching and tasting! looking forward to seeing you there! by @paosinis

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Summer solstice and the rain has cleared. A swim at sunset with the Chaiwan uncles on this longest day as we start the fall into fall. And fall for the beauty of this rock 🛘 by @paosinis

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「從室外到屋內，掃帚不僅是清掃拂去塵埃砂土的最佳工具，也是掃除厄運、趨吉避凶和傳統習俗串接的神奇道具。天然植物製成的掃帚一把可用上數年，濕了就晾乾、壞了就再綁一支。當因使用損耗、淘汰，置於野外也能化為塵土回歸大地，構成幾代人曾經有過的清掃風景。有時也因為太過平常，容易被人們忽略。

等到一回神後，發現隨著生態破壞與塑膠製品大量生產，這些天然產品漸漸失去了舞台，連擁有製作技術的師傅們也慢慢老去。曾經的日常風景，逐漸成為非日常的風景。」
《小島製帚》

由分享《小島製帚》的故事開始，與大家分享用本地植物就地取材，創造日常工具的意義。邀請到與自己志同道合，自稱「hands-on human for making/planting/gathering 」的前梅窩街坊 @paosinis Paola翻嚟梅窩，同參加者分享大嶼山植物纖維的特性。我哋將「種種」嘅空間，變成讓大家可以學像職人席地而坐，枱上面有半日限定之我哋呢幾年喺香港以及其他國家的手製掃把收藏迷你展示。

創作的素材係我哋喺大嶼山拾獲返嚟嘅植物，將植物攤開出嚟，整理平放在地蓆上，整個空間頓時充滿植物淡淡清香。係大嶼山都容易搵到如書中記載，適合做掃把嘅四種植物類別「木，禾，草，竹」，包括有喺鄰居工作室門口執到的棕櫚樹葉，乾燥處理過源自草原農場嘅禾草，以及 Paola 從港島東區帶來的松針；竹蓆上每一款的天然植物如同我同Paola嘅好友，笑住逐一同參加者介紹植物纖維嘅特性同由來。

參加者們需要活用 10 隻手指，加上赤腳用埋腳板撳住竹管先夠力綑線，腰板挺直用埋個Core——係㗎，做一把掃把係需要用哂全身嘅肌肉！完成後，大家笑住話活動非常充實，因為飢餓感衝到上頭頂，最後攞住自己製成品掃把時，睇得出大家嗰份滿足笑成一片。可以在「種種」同大家分享啟發自己的書、跳出書本、一齊認識梅窩身邊的植物、親身體驗手製掃帚的手藝，果然係開心到飛起的體驗～

「環境意識抬頭，與社會責任下的消費觀念興起後，這些同時乘載台灣歷史與環境意識的掃除器具，有機會以不同的形式與印象再次進入每個人的目光，不但可以再度成為現代人的清潔用品，也可以成為環境議題與地方生活故事的傳播道具。拿起這些掃帚，掃掃日常，也掃除生活中的煩惱，重新看待掃地這件乍看微不足道的事情，以及掃除與掃帚所蘊含的深意。」

熱鬧的活動後，再次透過文字讓自己沉澱，和大家分享《小島製帚》書中以上的這段話。不論最後有沒有親手造出一把掃把，都希望在大嶼山的這份體驗，能讓我們與當地的植物、與當下的生活重新連結。下次再次同這些植物擦身而過時，願我們看待大自然、身邊的花草樹木、以及日常工具的目光，從此變得不一樣。

店長 J 🧹🍃✨
活動後隨記

#種種 #香港工藝 #獨立書店 #本地植物 #手工掃把 #小島製帚 taken in Mui Wo by @paosinis

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✨ Introducing 2026 ACC Hong Kong Fellow: Paola SINISTERRA, Textile Crafts Practitioner (Hong Kong)

Individual Fellowship | Crafts | Hong Kong → India | 4 months
ACC Hong Kong Arts Circle Fellowship
 
Paola Sinisterra will study traditional craft communities in India, focusing on mud-resist dyeing traditions and its technical and artistic applications, to refine expertise in natural dye techniques and sustainable textile processes.
 
Sinisterra is a textile practitioner with over 15 years of experience in natural dyes. She has worked on a range of textile and cultural projects in both institutional (Tai Kwun, Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile) and hands-on learning environments (Hong Kong Baptist University, and non-profits like Learning Together, Current Plans).
 
Paola SINISTERRA，紡織工藝師（香港）
個人獎助計劃 | 工藝 | 香港 → 印度 | 4 個月  ACC Hong Kong Arts Circle 獎助
 
Paola Sinisterra 將在印度探訪並記錄當地傳統工藝社群，研究泥壓印防染工藝的傳統及在工業和藝術實踐的應用，藉此精進她在天然染色技術與永續紡織流程方面的專業知識。
 
Sinisterra 是一位紡織從業者，擁有逾 15 年的天然染織經驗，曾在不同文化機構（大館、CHAT六廠）及實踐平台（香港浸會大學，非牟利組織如Learning Together, Current Plans）協作紡織及文化項目。

#AsianCulturalCouncil #ACCHongKong #ACCHongKongFellow #CulturalExchange #PaolaSinisterra by @paosinis

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Behind the scenes for Kids Summer camp at @mill6chat Full info coming soon but send us the next gen to upcycle, paint with nature, screen print, sew, have fun and get those 🙌🏽 and 🧠 working together by @paosinis

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整一把開心到飛天嘅掃把 🧹

作為島民，用掃把打掃門前落葉，飲一口自製的茶，是我們的日常生活。「Escobas」(讀音同SCOBY相似)在西班牙文是掃把的意思，同時「SCOBY」亦是製作康普茶（Kombucha）最重要的酵母靈魂。特別邀請前梅窩街坊 Paola Sinisterra，她既是編織職人，亦是康普茶達人！Paola 將會為大家帶來double SCOBY的體驗：製作掃把之餘亦可以品嚐到自家製美味康普茶！

由分享《小島製帚》的故事開始，一本來自台灣的書本與大家探討用本地植物就地取材的意義，然後一齊發掘大嶼山植物纖維的特性，親手創造屬於自己的掃把，令平凡的打掃日常變得有意思，心情自然好到飛天～（音樂響起：啊哈～我要飛往天上♫•*¨*•.¸¸♪～）

整一把開心到飛天嘅掃把
日期: 31/5/2026 （日）
時間: 11am - 1pm
費用: HK$280
地點: 種種SeekSeed | 梅窩涌口街34號地舖
報名連結: link in bio
*工作坊將以英文及廣東話雙語進行

✨工作坊驚喜bonus
∙Paola帶嚟自家製康普茶喺工作坊期間享用
∙分享簡易的釀製心得。每位參加者都可獲贈一份 SCOBY菌母帶回家！

💡溫馨提示
∙請自備玻璃罐，方便帶走柔軟充滿生命力的 SCOBY 喔～
∙如有六歲以下的小童，需要有家長陪同

圖2 《小島製帚：台灣清掃的日常風景》
圖3/4/5 四年前店長J @lantau_shanto_studio 山與土成員睇完《小島製帚》被啟發，用梅窩竹自製掃把用至今天
圖6 當年小街坊Zoe攞住掃把，開心到跳哂舞（鳴謝爸爸陳先生比我哋post愛女video)

Escobas X SCOBYs : a broom and Kombucha making gathering 🧹
Date: 31 May 2026(sun)
Time: 11am-1pm
Fee: HK$280
Venue: Seek Seed | G/F 34 Chung Hau Street, Muiwo
Registration: link in bio
*Workshop will be conducted in bilingual English/Cantonese

As islanders, sweeping fallen leaves from our doorsteps is a part of daily life. In Spanish, the word for broom is “Escoba,” which sounds similar to “SCOBY”—the living culture used to make Kombucha. In this workshop, we are delighted to invite former Mui Wo neighbor Paola Sinisterra, a guru of two worlds: broom making and Kombucha brewing!

Participants will experience “double SCOBYs” by learning both crafts in one gathering. You will explore different local fibers found on Lantau, learn two types of broom-making techniques to create your very own flying (and sweeping) accessory! This workshop suitable for beginners! Let’s turn the mundane task of sweeping into a meaningful ritual with a broom handmade by ourselves!

✨ Workshop Bonus
∙We’ll be serving fresh Kombucha for you to enjoy during the session, and Paola will be sharing her simple home-brewing tips.
∙ every participant will receive a small piece of Scoby to take home!

💡 Friendly Reminder
∙ bring your own glass jar to carry home your soft, living SCOBY!
∙ Children under 6 welcome with an accompanying adult.

#種種 #種種活動 #獨立書店 #香港獨立書店 #編織 #seekseedhk #hongkongindependentbookshop taken in Mui Wo by @paosinis

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So many great photos ( first 4 super pro by @ziv__wei 🥰) of yesterday’s night hike organized by @phdgroup.art and @zheng__mahler Loved walking around with a headlamp and SEEEING so many creatures and beings we normally don’t see. Also the forest is LOUD at night! Looking forward to more! by @paosinis

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Lychee season is starting and the 2 second season of Wax berries (Bay berries) is upon us. Nothing like an end of the day stroll through Shau Kei Wan market 😍 by @paosinis

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EYES 👀 EYES 🧊 BABY! And hands and ears and noses and feet on the floor and legs and openings and tails and wings and dogs with masks. A threading inwards that calls for both slow and frantic dancing. And yes enter and exit through the gift shop cuz it’s been restocked with a menagerie. 3 shows opening at @mill6chat on the lucky day of the spring equinox. I’d say don’t you dare miss them but y’all know that already. Hope over to Tsuen Wan for opening today at 6pm! by @paosinis

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