I love paper quiling

Quilling or paper filigree is an art form that involves the use of strips of paper that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create decorative designs. The paper is wound around a quill to create a basic coil shape. The paper is glued at the tip and the coil shaped, these shaped coils are arranged to form flowers, leaves, and various ornamental patterns similar to ironwork.

it's becoming my new hobby i guess and from this simple technique we can make so many nice things including cards, scrapbooks =)

Wood Digital Radio

yeayy my last project for this semester! thank God i finish it...it was such a tiring and yet interesting journey of cutting, sanding, painting, sanding and sanding and sanding experience ;)

so here's my radio =D

;0and here is the mess we made! hehe the evidence of us working hard ;)

finally, Happy Holidays everyone!!!

Visiting Power House museum

It was a coincidence i guess, coz i actually went to Powerhouse museum on the weekend before uni started and when i was given the design passport to do, i was like" yes, i've done 1 dot point!"

so yeah i went there on the 5th March 2011 and it was a pleasant experience i guess since this is my first time visiting museum in Australia in my 4 years of staying here.

I saw many interesting things there, like the evolution of various products from time to times, the old replica of old Australian transportation such as old central stations and also past technologies and how it's tranforming into an innovative products which successfully attracts the society.

i also saw some of the innovative designer's project such as Ettore Sottsass carlton cabinet

it's such a pity i forgot to bring camera :s so i can only tell the story....sorry guys! i might visit powerhouse museum again and take heaps of pictures there

Our Spin storyboard

The ideas of our storyboard of spinning Mr. blob!

Design Passport

Here is the picture of my design passports....

I hope i can be as good as Piranesi...

This is my nearly finished Piranesi drawing...it was a really challenging project especially for me, since i am not good at drawing...but i did try hard and quite proud of it eventhough i know other people can do soo much better than mine...

i was actually quite enjoying the whole process except to draw the outlines structure of how the image is going to be. since i know i wouldn't be able to draw the right perspective, i decided to turn the piece into a picture book

so here is my FINAL piranesi drawing...

Design History final poster

It's 2am in the morning, and i think this is going to be my last blog update for today...*it's been a loonggg day! will update the rest tomorrow =D *oh actually later today!

Here is my poster for my first design history project...i call it "the i-classic"

ciaoooo!

Structure and Surface

Freshly made with blue foam and cardboards

Spin!

Spinning round round round round and round...

my head was spinning also, when doing this project!

what you'll see is some spinning images we've selected for the presentation and my drawing part for the story board of "spinning mr. blob"!

and the story board: basically i just drawed the toilet scene and the slide tower....where the Mr. blob going to be spinned around and round and round *reminds me of the song called Dynamite!

Martin Place and Environs projects

This is the photos of Martin Place and as i promised before, i posted my postcards photos here below...

Water fountain texture

Here are my postcards:

Left: the tree was made with paper quiling technique
right: normal skecthing (to fit the group theme)

3D postcard: the idea came because i want to make the shopping arcade tunnel to look real.
so i use thick foam core to make the relief.

Wood Lathe

I love lathe module, i guess i find it better than tools! *the machine is not that scary :$ but then as the time goes, i'm quite enjoying using tools too! i know practice makes me feel more comfortable to actually use machines like band saw, driller and other tools...

well here is what i made for my wood lathe module =)

i love my spin top...i wished i can make more than 1 spin top *reminds me of good old days when i was a kid!

I am looking forward to use the lathe machine to make interesting things in the course :D

CHAIR made with straws

another amazing piece and creative ideas from Scott Jarvie....i was stunned 

THE CLUTCH CHAIR

2007-2008

Made from 10,000 drinking straws, the Clutch Chair is an exploratory research piece that passes comment on our disposable culture. The development process of this piece also informed that of the Clutch Light, both of which were developed from an observation of the structural characteristics of trees.
This piece was selected by Zaha Hadid as her Curators Choice at Noise Festeval 2008

The Clutch Project began as a microscopic observation of the structural composition of trees and the directional properties of Capillary tubes (xylem).

Detail of the seating surface of the Clutch Chair

Ubiquitous drinking straws are grouped and transformed into a primitive spot light. The reflective inner surface of the straw transmits the light in a directional manner creating a jewelesque effect.

The Wire Chair

I am a fan of Scott Jarvie now! i was randomly searching about the chinese wire craft that i saw in China on the internet, but then i couldn't find any information or pictures to put it on my blog...but then i found this unique chair made by Scott with wire....i found the design looks elegant eventhough it's made from simple materials....the curve and shape of the chair make it look stunning...

WIRE CHAIR

2007-2008

The Wire Chair is fabricated to imply two continuous sections of rod. The final form was created using a combination of the latest computer aided design technology and the age old traditions of Scottish metal working.

The Wire Chair received an International Award from Design and Design - Oct 2009

The Wire Chair - Back

Copper coated steel wire concept sketch model approximate scale 1:10

Wire chairs: double and single bent frame options