hairy crab night 28102009 ..

great dinner at my sweet sweet home 21102009 ..

^ my huge Pink Panther ..

^ yum, dinner with Kelly and my super mum (you are the best mum in the world : P)

911_09 ..

Wow … It's been 8 years already ♥ !

✈ phuket 2225082009 ..

^ Day 1 - Marriott Vacation Club, Mai Khao Beach & Patong Beach at night

^ Day 2 - Speedboat snorkeling trip, Bamboo Island, Maya bay, Phi Phi Islands & Khai Island



^ Day 3 - Phuket Town & Central Festival
^ Day 4 - Hong Kong

cycle ..

I realize that my life is accumulated with my experience and memory. I discover that I am similar to a wheel spinning around and around, but my axle of my own wheel has already experienced a lot of different period and things.

Not only does a big ball divided into many small balls, but the small balls also interact with other things in anyways. Also, many small balls can be combined together and form into a big ball again. Even though my daily life is similar, when I look back in different age, the various experience and memory, which I had before, give me different feeling. I am glad that I am not a waterwheel that only turns around in a certain fixed point.

formulaic ..

my lovely pink ..

my last birthday party at 10/F ..

thank you for all my dearest, kiss kiss !!

my purpose ..

At the beginning, my purpose of taking ceramics course was trying to find a way to make people recognize my works of art and agree my point of views. However, I have been changing my purpose since last year. During these three years, I have been knowing myself more and more than hoping people recognize my works of art. Being an artist is literately different from being a designer. In these three years, when I am learning ceramic skills, I am also realizing what kind of person I am. The ceramic material is all the same. The ceramic tools are all the same. What make ceramic art works different or special is all depended on the perspective of the creator because everyone is unique in the world.

Not only can I learn the skill at Art School, but I also know myself more. Even though I know myself a little bit more than before I had studies at Art School, I still have a lot of questions in my mind. For instance, who am I? Why am I here? Where am I going? Do I really exist? I know the only way to find out all these answers are from studying and observing my environment, people and things enclosing around me. It is because people are interacting with each other. My belief, my country, my parents, my school, my teachers, my community or my friends can influence my point of view and my own value.

cup and saucer ..

my first narrative art work II ..

never perfect ..

my vision often dominates my senses ..

As a graphic designer, I believe in what I am seeing. Till I am learning ceramics for own pleasure, my sense of touch has been evoked. Comparing with clicking and holding a cold-blooded mouse, touching and forming of clay is more interactive.

My illusion has been distorting my senses by living between the virtual world and reality. Therefore, I need to reorganize and reinterpret my sensory stimulation to my brain. I believe in what I am touching.

My works are trying to create an illusion by combining the techniques of drawing and ceramics. The darkness of shadow and the brightness of reflected light of my works are recreated and redefined. It is in order to show the concave perception. Unless you touched my works, an illusion would distort your sense of vision.

no ..

no communicate no time no trust no surprise no feeling no options no jokes no romantic no fun no sad no good no love no help no care no people no start no you no joyful no character no exciting no wish no sweet no happy no mood no matter no home no reason no idea no party no species no notice no hope no life no hand no light no conversation no face no aware no young no sound no interest no sense no me no mind no way no name no believe no eye no next no success no one no forever no discuss no relationship no support no positive no myself no words no experience no ask no tears no thinking no future no heart no record no task no listening no enough no again no needs no important no things no more ....

delicious ..

miss it ..

i miss that feeling .. why i can't feel it anymore ? get stuck ?? I miss the feeling of just knowing that someone thought about me .... I really really miss it ......

shek o bbq 13032009 ..

1day tour of tst 11032009 ..

shek oooooo 08032009 ..

eating disorder ..

happy vs unhappy .. what should I do ?

it's party time ..

if you could change something ..

what would it be .. do I need to change something ?

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 ..