We Were Featured in the South China Morning Post. Here's What We Hope You Take From It.
We got a call from a journalist at the South China Morning Post's Young Post in August. Charlotte Kwan wanted to write about A Collective Space for their September cover story. We said yes, of course, but we also felt a little nervous. Being written about means handing your story to someone else. You hope they get it right.
They got it right.
Why this feature matters to us
The article, published on 7 September 2026, focused on our Crafts & Yaps sessions and the philosophy behind them. Charlotte spent time understanding why we do what we do, and the piece captured the thing we care about most: that this space is built around people feeling safe enough to try, fail, and talk openly with strangers.
That message landing in a publication read by young people in Hong Kong means a lot. Because the truth is, many of the people who walk into our events are in their twenties and thirties, and a lot of them tell us they almost did not come. Performance anxiety is real. The pressure to be good at things before you even start is something this generation carries heavily.
What did we talk about?
Emmy said in the interview that when you work with your hands and your focus is on the craft, you are able to open up in a deeper, more meaningful way. That is not a theory. We see it happen every session.
Sne talked about the idea that in woodwork, mistakes are irreversible. You cannot undo a cut. And that is actually the point. Learning to sit with imperfection, to keep going after a mistake, is something most of us rarely get to practise in daily life.
The line Sne keeps coming back to: "I can't change society. I can't change the pressure. But I can give you a space where you can laugh and just have fun."
What we hope readers took away
If you read the article and thought, "that sounds like a place I'd actually go to," then it worked. We are not trying to sell you a craft class. We are trying to show you that slowing down, making something imperfect with your hands, and sitting next to someone you have never met can feel really, really good.
And if you are a young person reading this, know that you do not need to be creative, artistic, or experienced to come. You do not need to know what you are doing. Nobody does on their first session. That is the whole point.
Read the feature
The full article, "Carving Out a Community," was published in Young Post (South China Morning Post) on 7 September 2026, written by Charlotte Kwan.
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