Manifold meanderings into making
Hello again. This is one of my ‘assemblages’ where I make different ‘objects’ from scratch and arrange them as if to choreograph their ‘dance’. Heartbeats is so titled because of the two hand-woven, heart-shaped central pieces. These are what Filipinos in the central Visayas region call “puso” (literally meaning ‘hearts’). We tend to use coconut…
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This is my homage to early evening birdsong heard from my back garden. I thought about how best to suggest this beautiful chorus that lasted for hours. I came up with this. There is definitely something to be said about having all your papers just laid out and using what is in front of you.…
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Getting some brushwork to work with some strong tropical colours. I just can’t get enough of these saturated colours. This was an experiment at suggesting some movement. It would appear that yellow is quite an effective mood enhancing colour. Can’t beat it at the moment.
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Thought about mixing pleated papers with coiled and ‘bendy’ ones. The juxtaposition of these two methods was the starting point. Then it became about how the papers cast subtle colourful shadows on the support. Played with several ‘arrangements’ and finally decided on this offering, which reminds me of restaurant food. So my inner gastronome is…
Read MoreA good friend of mine was born on Christmas Day. It’s a good idea to make the Christmas greeting card and the Birthday card distinctly separate on this very particular day (I would expect nothing less myself). So, as the birthday card, I came up with a bouquet of roses against a brown card. The…
Read MoreThis year, I made this star motif as a the basis for all my home-made cards for those special people in one’s life. The structure is simple. I’ve ‘overlayed’ 6 origami stars (4-mulleted ones) one on top of each other to form an 8-mullet star motif. The base layer is of origami paper (the Japanese…
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