little mushroom ..

haha .. my same old hair ..

lovely cake ..

my first narrative art work I ..

Nowadays everything is turning into the virtual reality. Our habit of communication, conversation, drawing, reading, writing, etc are changing from physical reality into the virtual reality. Especially our reading habit, we are all spending most of our time on different monitors. We study different information and knowledge by looking at digital pixels instead of drip of ink.
Furthermore, our writing habits are also changed. We don’t write but we type. Not only are we loosing our writing skills, but we also loosing our chances to express our personalities. Even though we can still type on keyboards to execute our ideas or record our memories, readers would never perceive our feelings by looking at those formal digital typefaces.

Space is also becoming meaningless to us because our stuffs are moving into the virtual world. For instance, if I want to record my memory, I type and save the document file in my hard disk. I own nothing. But if I write or sketch on a piece of paper, I can still own that piece of paper. If I create a cube by using advanced software, I cannot own that particular space within the cube. On the other hand, if I create a ceramic cube, I can own the cube and also the space in that cube.

Therefore, I would like to express my personal feeling and personality by showing my progress of making many ceramic cubes. It is because every cube is unique. It is impossible to have two same ceramic cubes in the world.
Moreover, in order to recall my memory of making these cubes, I have folded and packed “spaces” up by creating these ceramic cubes.
Creating the progress of ceramic cubes is just similar to writing my narrative paper. Those are unique and can never be happened in the virtual world.

housewarming party 14112008..

I had to let everyone know again how great it was to see all my best friendssss last Friday night.
Everyone are so sweet to gave me some wonderful gift .. champagne, red wine, cash coupon, pizza, sushi and that yummy "pig" what a nice surprise !

especially to say thank you to Kelly and Sherry, thanks for your helpsss, hehe

Thanks again, I love you alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

congratulations ..

yeah .. so so so happy, 2 + 1 dimension: sold jor .. i love u .. john batten !!

opening party 28082008 ..

Thank you for coming to my party ! I had a great time and I hope you did too !!

my personal memory index cards ..

These accessories do have meaning to me, even though they cannot talk to me.

These little things refresh my memory because these accessories are the marks in my previous experience. They tell me what I have done, what I have experienced and what I have missed. Whenever I meet these old little friends, I can recall my sweet and sour memory in my mind. These little accessories are my personal memory index cards.

I am going to my next phase in my life soon; therefore, I would like to reshape my previous memory by shaping these accessories. Hopefully, I will make other things to represent my further phases. One thing I am sure that is ceramic will be one of my friends who can recall my present exhausted experience in future.

my memory container ..

I want to stop the time because I enjoy recalling the memory of making what I love to do.

These cylinders are my containers, which contain my time of pleasure. The textures on their surfaces represent what I have done to them. They represent my every move and touch. When the time was slipping away, these cylinders were also turning around and helped me to save my pleasure memory and time. They are my personal container, which can save my time and memory.

tipping point ..

Tipping Point

Equilibrium between two states. The moment before change. The point before which everything is possible, and after which something is inevitable.

Four artists take on this theme through ceramics, each having their own particular point of view. They explore balance and harmony, visual and spatial perception, growth and personal histories, space and place.

They hope through their work to discover where that tipping point is in their own lives.

details ..

✈ lake las vegas 12072008 ..

✈ lake las vegas 1015072008 ..

^ neon museum




^ the marriage ceremony of Sophoa & Phil at the ritz-carlton, lake las vegas, on July 12, 2008

stone vs sand .. tree vs earth .. leaf vs water ..

Even though I am been around by the nature, I always ignore the beauty and power of nature.
The artificial products have been reducing my ability to admit and admire the nature beauty. In this city, I am only concerned about the beauty dresses, advanced cell phone, delicious hamburgers, frozen frappuccino, etc.

Therefore, from this art works, I would like to back-focus on the beauty of nature by reducing artificial commodity around me. From the field trip, I rediscovered the relationship of the sunlight, object and shadow. I know it is common knowledge, but this discovery, for me, seems like a starting point to rediscover the relationship between nature and me.
By knowing the shadow of a tree is created by light, I have reproduced a series of art works to represent the power and beauty of nature, gravitation.

I don't have to use any machines to measure the weight of a stone on sand because the negative space of sand represents the weight of stone.
It represents I, myself am not only a physical body. My taste, my thought, my knowledge, my experience and my reaction also can represent myself.

I don't have to use any machines to hold a tree up because the tree can stand and grow up by its roots under the earth. It will not been fallen down by the gravity power.
It represents I have to live with others instead of living alone. I am part of nature and I am part of a group. My group, such as family, friends and teaches, is helping me to grow.

I don't have to use any machines to make a leaf float on water because it can float on water by itself. It will not been sinked into water by pushing it down.
It represents we all have own power and ability to live on.


Yes, they are all common knowledge. Yes, they are all my own experience. These artworks like a series of snapshot of my thoughts from my own journey. The reason that I have brought them to the artificial gallery is I wish all of you can back-focus on the beauty and power of nature. Not only do nature let me know about the gravity, but nature also let me know what is representing, supporting and keeping me to move on. So please do touch it, see what answer nature can give you.

art & natural_urban environment ..

chi sin gar .. crazy people all around ..

ART HK 08 ..

15/F

2 + 1 dimension ..

From the two dimensional arts, the main elements are dot, line, shape and color. Dots can become line; lines can extent to shape; the variety of colors on shape can create the sense of volume. Therefore, we can perceive a sense of volume on a piece of paper.

Conversely, I hope I can create my volume art forms, which can be sensed as two-dimensional arts. The relationships of dot, line, shape and color (lighting) inspire me to create my series of three-dimensional art forms.
In order to create the sense of two-dimensional shape from the three-dimensional form, I play with the horizontal and diagonal lines of my first piece of work. Moreover, in order to create the two-dimensional sense on my final form, I have created a trick. I executed the folding process to fool my audiences, who will gradually perceive my final form as a two-dimensional shape.

2520cm2 ..

Not only do my vases can contain any subjects, the negative space enclosed by the material also can hold the spacious volume.

many a little makes a mickle ..

a small step is a big step ..

18 April 2008 .. hehee

small works ..

growing season ..

cominghome interior de ..

details ..

flowers ..

thank you very much .. happy always around me !

an idea house ..

happy birthday to you ..

fabric vase ..

structure and process ..

a relaxing day ..