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Continue reading →: Silkscreen with meWorking with students can all terrifying, exhilarating and most importantly, full of laughter. A couple of weeks ago, I decided to explore an alternative method for Silkscreen Printing. Here is a little introduction to What is SilkScreen Printing? This is a technique also known as Screen Printing that was made…
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Continue reading →: IlluminationIlluminated manuscript. One of the oldest and iconic styles of art history dating from the 16th century of the Middle Ages. Almost every continent has contributed in some away or another this part of history. Among some of the famous manuscripts – The Lindisfarne Gospels, The Book of Kells, and…
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Continue reading →: Meet the Ong familyOf late, I had been keeping myself busy with some sketches to a request of a very special friend and mentor. She had personally requested for a set of Maneki-Nekos or otherwise, popularly known as Lucky Cats! Generally, Asian people would have one or two in their stores or home…
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Continue reading →: Sea PrincessI have a major issue – an obsession with rabbits, and that’s how I ended up making a needle felted doll. It all started with my usual and occasional visit to the Daiso outlet located not too far off from my housing area. I do make it a point to…
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Continue reading →: The Accidental Mini-MeIn my last post, I shared about my experimentals with various types of clay and in this I will share on my final finished little doll named Lil’ Rosa. What truly inspired me to do this was the famous fairytale entitled Thumbelina. Now as the story tales,Thumbelina is a tiny…
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Continue reading →: A Dive into Paper ClaySo once again, I gave my students a little challenge – learn to sculpt using paper clay. The aim of this exercise was firstly to practice patience as one of the main issues we encounter everyday is the endurance of maintaining our patience with the people around us. Sculpting clay…
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Continue reading →: Hello Owell!Recently, I have been experimenting on several types of clay – air-dry clay types and oven-bake types. Truthfully, it has been not only fun but exhilarating as the processes are really different and the outcomes as well. For the earlier part of my experimentations, I decided to try out cold…
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Continue reading →: Stamp it here!Printmaking Patterns (Part 2) So here we go from drawing to printing… but WAIT! You need to carve out your stamp. Traditionally, you can trace your designs onto the linoleum but what I had done was transfer digital/printed image with a little concoction packaged by Lola Lusa. Her Printing Soda…
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Continue reading →: Pin it, Sketch it!Printmaking Patterns (Part 1) On of the most important things that a design should always do is learn to research for a particular design. It should be an innate habit to create your own personal mood-board for whatever design project that you decide to embark on. This time the adventure…
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Continue reading →: Expressing EmotionsGetting art students to break out of the box has always been a challenge. Hence, the task was to “not think and describe a line with emotions”. So how does one describe a line without drawing a line? (Below) You start of by designing your own tools in replacement of…
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