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Making ink from the Tembusu Tree (opens the original)
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Hello folks,Last year, we were approached by the Singapore Herbarium to make a bottle of ink from a tembusu tree that is estimated to be more than 150-year-old, at the Singapore Botanic Garden (SBG). The Herbarium is a physical space located at the SBG that started in 1875; today a team there manages an extensive collection of over 800,000 plant specimens collected from various parts of Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific, with the primary objectives of taxonomy research and conservation. T
Fermenting | Metabolising | Composting (opens the original)
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Hello Masak readers,Composting is a weekly affair in our studio. To make, use and eventually return what has been left after processing batches of paints, dyes, wood shavings, mixed with eggshells and vegetable offcuts from the kitchen. This colourful mixture is then digested by a diversity of life in our compost bins: microbes, worms, insect larvae, fungi, many more, metabolising these materials into a rich, spongy dark brown soil with an - for lack of an alternative word - earthy aroma. We the
A Time for Connections (opens the original)
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Hello dear Masak readersThe past few months have passed us swiftly, and we are again, closer to the end of the year than its beginning. A couple weekends ago, we shared a booth with our friend Paati Philosophy at the Asia Art and Craft Expo, meeting with an intense crowd that kept streaming through the aisles, some pausing to browse and make conversations that make such large bustling events feel more intimate.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch
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