More stars (bracelet)

Bought a pack of buttons (cos they looked cute :3) but had no idea what to do with them. So I string them up with wire and made this bracelet. Indeed, simplicity is the key （勤慎端朴）.

pink star (necklace)

Pink star-shaped felt enclosed within an entanglement of wires. I saw a similar design worn by some random person on the MRT train. But I couldn't find any shops selling such necklaces so I made one myself :D. It's a rather simple necklace. I wore it to Shanghai during GCP. Sadly, there's a downside to this --- it's rather fragile, cos I used the wrong type of wire, so I have to be careful not to flatten it. Other than that, it's great:)

The Habour (Oil on canvas)

My second attempt at oil painting, done over the december holidays. I guess I'm really obsessed with painting water. You can find very close similarities with my first oil painting of the school pond --- both depicts water and the brushstroks are largely visible and bold. The colors are also very pure (most came straight from the paint tubes), thus the exceptionally pure blue waters of the sea. Yup, this painting also shows influence from the Impressionists (particularly Claude Monet). I suppose the white ship in the background does seem rather distorted.

Water drop (necklace)

Made this about 2 years ago with wire and a bead. Turned out rather well, and I wore it several times to weddings, parties and even vistings during Chinese New Year. It's simple, so it goes well with almost any clothing :)

School pond --- oil on canvas

An assignment where we were supposed to imitate the techniques from a given art movement. Mine was Impressionism --- my favorite art movement. I chose the school pond because Impressionism was based mainly on catching the reflection of light on canvas and water was a common subject in the Impressionists' art works (esp. Monet). I was quite pleased with it, since it was my first attempt at oil painting. I love the transparency and the reflection in the clear waters as well as the realistic mix of colors of the rocks. However, more could be done with the ripples in the water and the background of the field and building.

Wind chime

made this out of a pinch pot, wire, a piece of card and acrylic paint. It hangs by the window in my room. Though it isn't loud, it does ring quite softly. I suppose clay and wire doesn't really make a good wind chime. But who cares, as long as it looks like one, it's fine. The second photo came out pretty well too. The angle at which the photo is taken from reveals the basketball court which balances the wind chime in the photograph. I also like the reflection from the window as well as the contrast of the focused wind chime and blurred background.

Clay Sculpture

fig 1

fig 2

fig 3

 
 fig 4

sketches of initial ideas of sculpture

My first clay sculpture, the theme being nature. I got inspiration from the 'Family of three' a sculpture in the school compound, outside the general office. The main idea is that of the harmony between man and nature. The brown 'trunks' in the middle represents us, mankind, while the leaves surrounding it represents nature. The vines wraps itself around the 'trunks', a symbol of acceptance and harmony. If you look closely at fig 2 and 3, the brown 'trunks' forms vaguely the shape of a heart, another suggestion of harmony and co-existence.

Flower pot

Had some extra time and clay after the previous assignment (in the next post) so I made another pot. The base is done up in coils, while the petals in slabs of clay. I had some trouble with the petals as they rather heavy and almost broke off due it's weight (physics in action >.<) Anyways, I took out bits of clay from the overweight petals and they managed to stay on. I used rather light glaze to color the pot so that it looks natural. This reminds me of a rafflesia, so keep a fair distance away from it...

Mushroom pot

I did this in sec2 (I think...) I remember struggling with the coils as they always turn out to become flat coils. I did not intend to make a mushroom shaped pot, but my coils were placed a little off (ok, maybe quite a bit...) and the base sort of curved inwards. This reminded me of the stem of a butter mushroom, so I adapted it to look like one. I was supposed to glaze it, but there wasn't enough time in class to do so. I couldn't stand the incompleted 'ness of the pot, so I used acrylic to paint on the golden brown, red, white and yellow. Yup, some times art can turn out quite different from the initial thought...but that's not necessary a bad thing:)

Knitted bag

spent quite some time (~2 weeks) to complete this bag. 6 balls of yarn, 2 knitting needles. It was very tedious, repeating the same thing over and over again. But you'll see the bag grow (literary) in front of you, and that sense of accomplishment is great:) so I couldn't stop and once, I stayed up till 12 midnight to complete a few rows. It's really handy when going shopping and attending tuition classes.

luv it^^