About Us!
Hi! I am Ella, and I love painting and art :)
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When I was 17, I had some free time during my December holidays. Instead of painting, I thought it would be great if I could set up a painting space for others! Most art places were quite expensive, and I wanted to have an affordable space where anyone can come in to paint. That was when I started the first pop-up art jamming, in One North, running every weekend for that month, from Dec 2020 to Jan 2021.
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After I completed my A levels, I chanced upon an opportunity to have a pop-up space in Tekka Place, and that was when I decided to push the pop-up further into a more permanent pop-up art jamming space! Having done other part-time work previously, I had saved up a little and decided to pour my savings into starting this place. My mother, who was trying to find a job then, decided to help me with this venture, and together we started the little art jamming space, at Tekka Place B1-21. ​​
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In July 2023, I met Senthil from Streaks & Strokes, who was open to collaborating, hence we we started our collaboration, and started to expand our variety from just canvas painting to tote bags, T-shirts and more.
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In April 2024, there was issues with negotiation of rental, and I decided that a permanent space would be better than a pop-up space and having to renew the rent every few months. As my family had been facing some financial struggles, I wanted to run a studio such that could also support my parents. This was the first step towards a more permanent studio! After I committed, I poured all I had into starting the new studio, spending many weeks choosing our space, designing the layout and painting the walls. I couldn't afford a fancy studio, but did my best to design it comfortably. Now, our studio is at Oxley Bizhub 2, #10-16. I also decided to invest and buy over Streaks & Strokes, thus merging both companies after the move.
Since then, it has become a small family-run studio, supporting our family. If you come to our studio, you will likely see my dad in his little makeshift office at a corner of the studio, or my mum facilitating the sessions. As we are usually quite tight on manpower, and running multiple scopes from cleaning, packing, procuring, organising to facilitating , we seek your patience.
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We hope you will support us, and immensely grateful to those who have given us so much encouragement and support so far. Thank you! :D