Hoben Sampang

17/06/2026

D365 s/p Clerkship

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16/06/2026

21/05/2026

slow mornings at the studio 🌇

21/05/2026

25/12/2025

✨ 2025 HIGHLIGHTS ✨

Ending the year with a full heart and so much gratitude. 🩶

1. Finished my pre-clinical years and officially started clerkship. This year took me straight into real life medicine — delivering a baby, assessing and responding to stroke patients, resuscitating both adults and newborns, first-assisting in surgeries, admitting patients, monitoring them, and doing rounds. Still surreal sometimes.

2. Joined 6 group exhibitions, including one with Pinto Art Museum — a huge milestone that let me show my work alongside artists I’ve long admired. Seeing my pieces share space with theirs was something I’ll never forget.

3. Finally learned how to throw on the wheel and experienced pit firing my ceramic pieces — messy, grounding, and deeply fulfilling.

4. Got to travel, take breaks when I could, see new places, and remind myself there’s life outside the hospital and the studio.

5. Met new people who became friends, and grew even closer to the ones who’ve been there all along.

6. Ending the year in the best shape I’ve ever been, physically and mentally.

So much growth, so much learning, and so much to be thankful for.

Here’s to everything 2025 taught me. 🥂✨

21/12/2025

Passion Combined explores the space where my two dreams meet.

A side drawn to healing, structure, and the body. Another that leans toward art, feeling, intuition, and making sense of things without words.

This bust sits somewhere in between—where medicine meets the arts. Healing isn’t just about fixing what’s broken; sometimes it’s about shaping, holding, and letting things take form. I’m learning that my hands can care in more ways than one. One side reaches for science and structure, the other for feeling and freedom, and neither feels complete without the other.

This is me, still figuring it out—choosing both, and letting them heal me too.

04/12/2025

Flowers bring vases to life the way meaning fills a pause: gently, unexpectedly, completely. A simple pairing, yet it has a way of grounding you—beauty supported, structure softened, each becoming more because of the other.

ArtToysPH is popping up again with and special guest designer — from contemporary fashion design to handmade ceramics, artful home accents and lamps crafted by talented Filipino artists.

Discover the works of ceramic artists, unique finds, limited pieces, and beautiful objects made with intention. Spreading joy and cheer, one gift at a time. 🎁❤️

🗓️ December 12–14
🕙 10AM–7PM
📍 XCEPTION, 102 Aguirre, Legazpi Village, Makati

02/12/2025

Hi! I’m Hoben Sampang — a junior medical intern and a ceramic artist. Balancing the hospital and the studio has taught me more than I expected, and here are a few practical things I’ve learned from doing both medicine and the arts.

𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐬.
Ceramics teaches me that consistency matters more than talent — proper wedging, steady hands, clean tools. Medicine feels the same: clear notes, organized tasks, and timely follow-ups make the biggest difference during duty. The basics aren’t glamorous, but they mean everything.

𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥.
Clay dries when you leave it too long; patients can deteriorate if you delay what’s important. Balancing studio hours and hospital duties taught me to prioritize, to pause when needed, and to return with intention. I’m learning to manage energy, not just time.

𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
Centering clay, throwing cylinders, trimming bases may look simple, but they train your muscle memory. Medicine mirrors this: doing proper physical exams, writing good referrals, presenting cases — the only way to get better is through consistent repetition. Progress looks slow, but it’s real.

As someone who experience both paths — the wards and the studio — it would mean a lot to share this moment with you. I hope you can join us in celebrating not only the SLMC Global — Institute of Neurosciences’ 16 years of excellence, but also the artistry, passion, and humanity that live within our medical community.

𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞
St Luke’s Medical Center - Global City
2nd Floor, Piano Lounge
December 8, 2025 | 9AM

26/11/2025

Thank you for making time to drop by and witness more than 200 artists coming together to celebrate Earth. ✨🌱

Homage to Gaia will run until the 28th of December at Pinto Art Museum and Arboretum.