Quick sketches of my dog - Dong (冬）Part 2

I want to remember his happy face, as we last went to the large park away from the city. 

That's him grinning as he is about to get a treat.

Climbing on the sofa and rolling around because he is spoiled rotten. 

Giving me the look because he spotted my suit case.

One day I got up and didn't see him at my door. Looked around but he wasn't around, turn out he was upstairs, found himself a sunny spot to have a nap.

I hope he has found a sunny spot to rest.

Quick sketches of my dog - Dong (冬）Part 1

When I learned that my dog was ill, I began to do some quick sketches to capture the essence of him while I can. 

He is sitting by the table asking for treats. He was sitting on his leg, that's why it's missing from the drawing. 

Us out for a walk. He does his half wink with his right eyes, it is just so adorable.

Just happy to be around.

    

This is somethings we all do but don't say out loud to everyone, we talk to our dogs. I talked to him through FaceTime while on the call to my parents. Unfortunately Dong (冬) never quite understood the concept of video chat. How I know he knew it's me or that he heard me, is he when start looking around the house (we play hide and seek), or he would check the front door and my bedroom door, or he would bring the closest bath towel to the phone. 

When he responded, it's comforting. He sleeps a lot at the end, doesn't always come for the calls anymore. 

A new beginning

It is a wonderful feeling to be handing this out. Looking back, when I was learning pottery as a kid, I have never thought that one day I could potentially sell them! Nor did I have the intention. Even just to get to the level of this finish, and others love them as much as I do is more than I imagined. Who knows what happens in the future. Have to thank you for all your support! 

I know I haven't updated anything for a long time, I been focusing on my career. Now I'm thinking I have to follow through, have to do both. It would actually do good for my career as well. I actually do have people visiting my website and appreciating my work. 

This is actually my retirement plan, I know it's extremely early to be planning for it. I believe in building things up step by step. I hoping after "the 10,000 hours" of pottery, I'll be the master like 阿本彌光悅。

Here is the new business card. 

I may or may not have explained the stamp on my work or on the business card. It's the last word of my name in mandarin, pronounced "hsiu"(琇）, it actually sound more like "show", means gem like stone, I wanted to reinforce my identity. I thank my parents for the beautiful name.

I live and work in Australia, and I have to admit that it has changed who I am but I will never forget where I come from and my heritage. 

My end of year resolution (hurry get something in before the year finishes, so I feel like I have done something other then work) is to maintain the site, so please tune in and follow me, I'll update as often as I can. 

Frost

Inspired by the cold weather, the morning frost on the leaf.