September 2016 – Page 2

2D | Mark Making II

Hey guys!

Here’s my progress for my part 2 mark making sessions. I kept forgetting to take progress shots!!! So here are just some of them!

Pouring water onto the paper by using the “watercolour” paint technique. You know when you’re painting with watercolours, first you wet a certain area before painting on it right?

Basically I used a blob of black paint and see how it flows and spreads! When I was doing this piece, I felt unsure and uncertain on where this will go as its all up to the gravitational force on where the paint will flow. Hence, I feel that this piece might be able to depict “Unease” for one of my emotions.

Used some of Tisya’s hot pink sassy rubberbands and simply tried placing them to see what effect it will give! The emotion I had in mind was to project Euphoria.

I was really surprised with the outcome. I guess the amount of pressure placed onto the rubberbands has different outcomes. I feel that the print shown has more “Curiousity” in it? As it shows the gradual growing of the white space.

Since I’ve ran out of materials to experiment on, I thought that using a knife would be cool. The emotion I had in mind was to depict “Panic”, due to the sharp and abrupt edges of it. I tried printing them in a unorganised manner to show how messy my mind is when I’m panicking. Well honestly when I was doing this piece, I just felt frustrated (well sort of panicky) because I’m used to clean lines haha.

So here’s the pieces that I did on that day! I will post a close up version of this soon.

3D | “Stargazer”

WELCOME BACK AGAIN!

Here’s my precious final model – “Stargazer” and sketch analysis! Please click to enlarge the image and enjoy~

Material Application

“Let It Shine”
A teardrop that glistens in the moonlight. A clean, elegant and structured piece of jewellery that is suitable for both casual and formal gatherings. This pair of earrings is made of clear crystal and paired with gold studs to give a sophisticated finish.

“Stargazer”
In the city we live in today, it’s difficult for us to see the stars with just our naked eye. Ever wondered what’s in a sky full of stars? This optical instrument that is made of gold and crafted polished teak wood will bring you to the world we call heaven.

Thanks for reading!! Byeeee

3D | Curvilinear 2D Sketch Analysis

Hello I’m back!

Here are the 3 sketch models that I had done for the Curvilinear Exercise before achieving my final model. Please click on the images for a clearer view.

Model 1 / Boxer Club

Welcome to Boxer Club, have you sign up yet? If you have not, you should. But anyways, introducing our new equipment which is a 2+1 stress reliever punching bag!!!! Woohoooooo. The sphere is the speed punching ball, the cylinder is the heavy punching bag! Whereas for the cone, it’s a support for both of the equipments heh.

Model 2 / The Elephant

The circus elephant – the cone, is balancing on a wooden log – the cylinder, and juggling a ball – sphere with this trunk! Elephants are awesome. But, circus elephants is a sad sad thing.

Model 3 / Stargazer (Final)

I love this model the most and so I’ve decided it to be my final! My initial plan was to make a Gramophone, but I felt a Telescope is much cooler. The cylinder that is wedge between the cone and sphere allows the Stargazer to rotate and look at different views which is amazinggggg. I’ve always wanted a telescope but… honestly what can you see in Singapore with all the city lights turned on??? So i’ll just make do with my digital mini Stargazer.

I hope that you guys enjoyed my models! & this marks the end of Curvilinear Volumes. Time to ZZZzzzZZzzzz.

4D | “Before Dawn” (II)

Hey guys,

Recap on last week’s critique, Mr Zhao mentioned that the fishery port and market photos I shot are more than enough, so he suggested to take a variety of professions to show different stories!

Before further ado, here’s my artist statement for this series:

“Before Dawn” is a photojournalistic series which consists of different professions that operates everyday in the wee hours of the night, while the city sleeps.

Little do we know, from dusk to dawn, the night workers are awake in the dead of the night, working hard and contributing to our society.

Fishmongers supplies fresh fishes to our supermarkets, coffeeshops provide our morning toast and coffee, and petrol station workers make sure our car tanks stay full even during the dead of the night.

As a 24-hour nation, the night workers are the heroes of the night, running our country smoothly while we are asleep, who are always around, yet hardly ever noticed and taken for granted.

This series is to raise awareness by sharing the stories of the night professions, and that we – the society, should appreciate them more.

During the long weekend, I managed to snap more shots for my series, and had like supper for 3 days straight as I was out during the night……… Anyhow, enjoy the photos!

Time Check: 2am, Petrol Kiosks
Have you guys forgotten that petrol station workers are working round-the-clock too? I feel that they always taken for granted. Who else helps us to fill up our tank in the dead of the night!? Oh and since I was there I had to feed my car too. Not forgetting the convenience stores at every Kiosks, a way to satisfy my hunger pangs.

Why are you washing your car at 2am in the morning???

Time Check: 2.30am, Macdonalds’
Not forgetting everyone’s go to supper place to have some mcwings and filet-o-fish! When in doubt, just Macs. The thing I noticed about our favourite fast food chain is that people takes the 24-hour service for granted, for example: we do not realize how the mcdelivery bikers and service team made it so accessible and easy it is to get the food at anywhere and anytime of the day.

Time Check: 2.45am, 7-11
Yes guys, I didn’t forget about our 7-11 store where we can purchase overpriced tidbits and drinks. I can’t imagine working on a night shift and how boring it must be as there won’t be a lot of customers in the night. It’s gonna be tough to stay awake.

Time Check: 3am, Holland V
Our local newspaper man who is delivering newspapers to shops at some ungodly hour and keeping us up-to-date to the rest of the world while we are sleeping.

Time Check: 4am, somewhere in Dunearn Road
Enroute to shoot some photos at a nearby hawker center and I caught this guy who is on the way to work! Or maybe he’s on the way back home?

Time Check: 4.30am, Bukit Timah Hawker Center
It was so early that the birds aren’t awake yet. I can’t imagine waking up at 3-4am in the morning to start prepping for the morning / lunch crowd and working till the late afternoon, or maybe even the night. Hawkers are so under-appreciated!

Oh and this hawker center sells amazing satay beehoon and hokkien mee #jacesays

Gotten eggs and kopi from this stall!
Verdict: Awesome coffee #jacesays

Got a plate of chee cheong fun from this auntie.
Verdict: Not enough light sauce 🙁 #jacesays

Time Check: 12-6am, Taxi Drivers
All I can say is, taxi uncles and aunties are amazing. They are basically your life saviours for rushing from Point A to B and dragging your drunk ass home while you may puke in their car. Cab drivers are often forgotten as they sort of blend with our “everyday life”, and people tend to forgot how taxing and tiring it is for them to work 12 hours day, driving all around Singapore.

There were like few cabs waiting to pick up passengers at like 3-4am in the morning, even though there really isn’t anyone there. How convenient can this get?

Time Check: 6am
I guess he’s really tired. Me too, time to knock out.

4D | “Before Dawn” (I)

Hello!

To start of with my “Before Dawn” series, the first location I went for a shoot was at the Jurong Fishery Port, where I never thought I would be. It was 2am on a Saturday morning and the sun has not yet broken its first ray of light and most mortals were still in their slumber. My parents (thank god for them), brought me to the fishery port and they were much more enthusiastic than me whereas I was dying of exhaustion!

As my footsteps took me nearer to the port in the dead of the night, the smell of fresh fish permeated the air like an essence of the sea – salty yet crisp. I was then bombarded with a vibrant sight of an open space flooded with fluorescent lights and splashes of primary colours, from the signages and the containers used to store the fish. Surprisingly, the port was not what I envisioned it to be. It was not dark, dull or stagnant at all.

The open space was a chaotic yet organised mess as the booted men were pulling and throwing their catches onto the floor, laying their fishes in an orderly fashion onto the wet, slick, cement floor and sprinkling ice to keep them fresh. Their movements were smooth, but full of life.

Nonetheless, the fishery port was phenomenal yet rarely would anyone sacrifice his or her sleep to see its beauty and value, which was hardly noticed or known. Older than the people was this port itself, and everyday in the wee hours of the night, it lived while the city slept.

Now, here are some of the pictures that I shortlisted among all the shots I took. I hope that this images are able to deliver and tell a story about the fishmongers’ working life in Jurong Fishery Port.

Time Check: 2am

Time Check: 4am
We left the fishery port and headed to a nearby wet market.

Time Check: 4.30am
I was walking around the neighbourhood market and was surprised that “buzz” has opened!

This was shot at the hawker center which is connected to the wet market. It’s in the wee hours of a Saturday morning and I’m amazed that our fellow humans are already up and awake to have breakfast! Well… except for this tired guy here who’s sleeping so soundly.

That’s all for the exciting and exhausting adventure I had last Saturday! All I can say is that, I’m glad that I chose this topic for my project, it was an eye opening experience for me.

This is not the end, there’s more night professions to come! Check back to this space soon 🙂