Saying Hello to Art (Again!)

I don’t think I can ever live without art. Well, I can but it’ll be absolutely droll. I did live without it for months though, especially on our first few months here in Sydney. The floaty romance of moving to a new country quickly started to fade when I allowed myself to drift with the dullness of the everyday routine. Get a job, earn money — that was the first goal right when we arrived. I forgot art for a while and just got things done.

I could not part with art for so long, especially art on my own terms. After months of yapping about running an art workshop to anyone who was willing to listen, mostly to my Dear Coffee regulars and co-workers in Camden, I ultimately mustered up the courage to run my first Modern Calligraphy Workshop last March. It was the perfect size to start — four wonderful ladies who trusted me to teach them a new craft. That trust is one I will cherish forever.

Since then, I’ve had a two sold out classes and my heart is so full each time! I will never take for granted this opportunity to share my love for the craft, teach someone a new form of art and hopefully help them kickstart something they have always wanted to do. The heart-warming feeling of seeing that lightbulb moment in their eyes as something clicks when I explain my methods is genuinely priceless.

And while they learn something, I learn something too. I learned where else to take my art and all the possibilities that lie ahead. I learned that I love teaching. Above all, it’s from my workshop groups that I have found like-minded friends that I get to meet every so often on my monthly art dates in Camden.

Modern Calligraphy Workshop

I’ll be running my 4th Modern Calligraphy Workshop this 30th November, Saturday at Dear Coffee Camden and it’ll be the last one for the year before I take a break over the holidays to — plan the coming workshops for the 1st quarter of 2025! And a whole lot are in store with different art mediums too. I cannot wait to share them with you.