29 Oct 2013 clay paintings

Here is a funny joke- '' Caution -Clearning in progress'', however the cleaner suddenly showed up and talked to me, he said'' it doesn't matter about messy floor, I can have more jobs to do''


Throughout this process, I was thinking a lot about Taiwanese aboriginal women's(Amis) clay and hands. It reminded me of my PhD research trip, the time when I was with the aboriginal helping them to  dig the clay at Fakong in Taiwan on May 2013. This tribe are living in the rural area of the east part in Taiwan. They are farmers and their husbands are fishers. They rely on their hand and foot to survive. The material world for them seems too much. '' Cash'' is quite a luxury object. Everything is made by their  physical actions.

For this reason in this art piece I decided to use Terracotta clay to represent them. I prepared three A1 size tracing papers.

See my process :
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMWlZP2BqPY&feature=youtu.be   (4:06)
Thank you  Asprey Charlotte for helping me film this process.

The music:
Taiwanese folksong :Spring Wind  (望春風 Bāng chhun-hong)
See different type of craving for the Spring Wind(Taiwanese Folk Song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGflcdsCDTA



See some pictures of the result
I not too worry about the result,  I more interested in the process.

 The water with the clay

The hole of the space

Continue......

1 Nov 2013 Clay paintings

Material : Royal Porcelain + Terracotta

See my process: (4:37)

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clZ1MPcWRG4&feature=youtu.be

Thank you  Asprey Charlotte for helping me film this process.

This time, I was thinking about the sounds of the clay. I tried to match my movement to the music.
It was quiet a challenge because we prepared the music just before we started filming. Charlotte helped me to type '' Chinese music'' on YouTube on her iPad. We decided this music together. The music was suitable for my mind on the 1st Nov 2013.

I used Chinese writing as a process to express my inner thoughts in clay.
I wanted my writing to become fluid within the water and the clay.
I used two types of clays to represent different powers in my life - East and Western society.
When I lived in Asia, I imagined '' we have a pretty traditional life style'' but when I studied in the UK I felt this was not case. Sometimes, I felt this society is pretty conservative in Western, but sometimes is quite cutting edge.

I am always living in two worlds. My life is different with people no matter  if I am in Taiwan or the UK.Sometimes I hate difference because of my skin and my nationality, but what can I do in the real world. I hide myself in a surreal space - Art. Can I live in this world forever ? I don't know.

I feel I am not dealing with cross cultural issues because '' cross culture'' for me sometimes means to find out a different society and to compare. Can I find out some sense that is similar to each other.



This relates closely to politics of emotion.

Continue......

Autumnal scenery

Bonfire night (5 Nov 2013)

入境Austria

This was a good seting of breakfast in the UK (Gatwick south Terminal).
This  was my first time to see baked beans put in a ceramic bowl, such a good idea.

I always feel excited when looking out through the window of a plane, such a nice view.

YA - We had arrived at the (VIE) Vienna airport

:)

Tau Kwa豆干50 P

許久 未曾踏進 在英國的中國超級市場
意外發現 豆干50 p =台幣大約25元
價錢合理

回家煮了一道記憶中的台灣小吃吧??
用油煎了雙面的豆乾
切了一些spring onion 和 garlic 一起煎煮

之後淋上一些金蘭醬油

一個記憶的味道出現了

:)


今年的中秋節 我依然買不下去貴貴的月餅
也沒有慶祝
只是更知道 想要的生活的樣子
繼續努力中

Bubble figures

I always think about how to reduce my material fee, how to re-use paper and don't create waste. I have tried to re-create the figure and relate it to my watercolour. I like using the postcard size to create my relaxing work, just having fun, not too serious.

 Let them living in the bubble world.

I just like to play with the figure in the different background.

Using different ranges of figures, such as the modern one, classic ones to create the time's movement, from the past to present, it seems the way to re-create the history, and review the role of the previous society.

Taiwanese Sandwiches

Taiwanese sandwiches is one my favorite foods from my homeland.

It is fresh and warm- Taiwanese Sandwich different with British sandwich(cold and dry...)

There is so many different sandwiches to choose from at breakfast, inculding vegetarian or meat(chicken / pork/ prawn... ) I always enjoyed it.

There is a company called MOS, they  also sell very yummy sandwiches, I had a job in MOS when I lived in Taipei,during that time I had a chance to learn how to make this kind of the sandwich, everyday I wake up at 2:30 am and went to work,,, My colleague with me made 100 piece sandwiches together in the morning...it was a challenging and fun job.

Drawing Sandwiches