The Peach Blossom Spring (traditional Chinese story)   I was inspired by a traditional Chinese story called The Peach Blossom Spring. 晋太元中，武陵人捕鱼为业。缘溪行，忘路之远近。忽逢桃花林，夹岸数百步，中无杂树，芳草鲜美，落英缤纷。渔人甚异之，复前行，欲穷其林。林尽水源，便得一山，山有小口，仿佛若有光。便舍船，从口入。初极狭，才通人。复行数十步，豁然开朗。土地平旷，屋舍俨然，有良田、美池、桑竹之属。 Once upon a time a fisherman went boating along a stream and came upon a grove of peach blossoms. He continued his way along the stream, and came to the mouth of a […]

UV glued flower on acrylic board Polystyrene foam board Stone I carved out the shape of the stone and then sanded it with sandpaper. Because of the size, it was actually very difficult to cut.

Part one: I made a template for flowers and leaves. With UV glue vs. without UV glue: Preparation of hot shrink peach blossom: Part 2 I have a technical problem when making the acrylic board. The slides wouldn’t stand stable as i expect. so after communicating with the studio, i decide t add a support […]

This week i was doing preparations since my acrylic board was still in progress. I try to do stamen and play with hot shrink plastic a lot. hot shrink plastic flower

installation base on the background story Peach Blossom by Hot shrink plastic   20*20 or 30*30? Acrylic board 20*20 PVC board prototype 10*10    

The Peach Blossom Land Measurement for final peice: Process: transparent background By layer: Artist research: Visoth Kakvei Plan for this week： Finish a paper tunnel book experiment refining the painting

Inspiration: I was inspired by a kind of popular pet 20 years ago. It has white eyeliner typically, so it is named Chinese Hwamei, which means painted-eyebrow. And some animal makeup from the musical, Cat. Sketch: Mask Mockup: version 1 I think it is too dark so I make version 2, with more texture of […]

-A written description of your project plans, including timeline and estimated hours, materials, budget, and any additional research you might need -Images: sketches, any prototypes you already have, and inspiration images I was inspired by tunnel books. It is a historical technique to transfer 2D to 3D. Attachment techniques     “The Library,” a tunnel […]

What possibilities does the concept of toy design or micro-environments present to your work? It is a really inspired question for me. For me, I will write a story first, a project narrative will always be fun. And base on my story, I will do character design, possibly make a model of it, which should […]

Idea: I decided to do a “shabao”, which is a kind of toy that my grandma made me when I was a kid. normally it will be a cube, but I want it to be special, for example, a jellyfish. when I design it, I tend to make it with a tentacle because  “shabao” usually […]