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Jun 30 2:10 pm
  • in the studio

Ceramist fights deportations and connects with her Cambodian culture one donut pipe at a time

Laura Anaya-Morga and Cheantay Jensen, video

Vanndearlyn Vong uses her art to raise money for the Long Beach Southeast Asian Anti-Deportation Collective. She hopes to keep the traditional practice of Khmer ceramics alive for generations to come.

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Apr 28 11:25 am
  • in the studio

Custom sneaker artist paints shoes so cool you won’t want to wear them

Cheantay Jensen, video

Bryan Phillips is the creator behind Swell Guy Customs, a Long Beach-based company that creates hand-painted one-of-a-kind sneakers.

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Feb 24 2022 3:11 pm
  • in the studio

Former Dark Harbor artist reveals his true self through the mastery of makeup

Cheantay Jensen, video

Holding back tears, Jay Quintana recalls how he started his career in the beauty industry as an eager-to-learn student, spending the first two to three years learning everything he could about makeup from YouTube videos.

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Oct 28 2021 6:24 pm
  • in the studio

Crafting kids’ costumes with a Long Beach designer

Cheantay Jensen
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Sep 30 2021 5:59 pm
  • in the studio

‘Like working at a toy shop’: Making molten metal art with Behind the Embers

Cheantay Jensen

What can you make out of molten metal? Derek Franklin is here to find out.

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Aug 26 2021 5:00 pm
  • in the studio

In an era of mass-production, Mills Shoe Repair hangs on to its craft

Crystal Niebla

Walking into 70-year-old Kwang Nyon Kim’s shoe repair shop in West Long Beach is like taking a step back in time. With aged paint on the walls and old industrial machines, Mills Shoe Repair has been standing for decades. Kim took over the shop nearly 40 years ago and hasn’t retired because the labor, as he puts it, became part of his body.

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Jul 29 2021 5:00 pm
  • in the studio

With ceramics, Long Beach potter Gopi Shah found her center

Valerie Osier and Cheantay Jensen, video

Shah gets in a meditative rhythm while creating in her garage studio, making dozens of mugs, tumblers, plates, planters and other functional items a day.

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Jun 24 2021 5:05 pm
  • in the studio

This Long Beach artist is making a statement with her handmade jewelry

Valerie Osier and Cheantay Jensen, video

Solis said she creates with metal because she knows metal will outlast her, but she also has hope that one day she won’t need to make jewelry that makes a statement because being queer or undocumented will be more widely accepted and using different pronouns will be more normalized. 

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May 27 2021 5:29 pm
  • in the studio

‘Hasta la Muerte:’ Long Beach leather maker creates goods made to last forever

Cheantay Jensen

Holed up inside his 150 square-foot studio Estrada will work from morning until dusk cutting, gluing, sewing and designing his leather-made wares.

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Apr 29 2021 1:54 pm
  • in the studio

Seaworthy: Wilson junior creates intricately ‘beautiful’ model boats

Brandon Richardson and Cheantay Jensen, video

Peter Beck’s hands, particularly his knuckles, are covered in little scars—battle wounds from a decade of woodworking. For more than half his life, the 17-year-old has built model boats that have become increasingly intricate over the years.

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