Sunday, November 30, 2014
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Handmade houses : real structure with silver cubes - 2009, in progress
Details:
My little house - by Swannjie - thats not yet built! 2009, of aluminum cubes, in round ball or a real tiny house!
HandMade Houses
http://www.captivatist.com/modern-architecture/house-of-round-mirrors-by-harumi-yukutake.html
This house is a magical mystery tour all of its own, made of thousands of hand-cut mirrors. Built for an art festival in Japan, the house reflects the nature that surrounds it. It has a surreal look - echoes upon echoes and a changing feel depending on the day's light. And because the reflection comes in so many round shapes, fit together, it has almost a honeycomb feel. Hurami Yukatake is a glass artist based in Toyama, Japan who completed her Master of Fine Arts at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. She calls this piece: "Restructure". At first glance, it's hard to tell where nature ends and the house begins. And when the surrounding trees and grasses wave in the wind, the house seems to wave alongside them. Is she saying that we need to restructure our relationship with nature? Or with ourselves? What do you see when you look in the mirror?
Harumi Yukutake's "Restructure" is made of thousands of hand-cut circles of mirrors.
The effects can be magical at different times of the day.
It's a magical, artistic expression - worthy of reflection.
More information: Harumi Yukutake
My little house - by Swannjie - thats not yet built! 2009, of aluminum cubes, in round ball or a real tiny house!
This house is a magical mystery tour all of its own, made of thousands of hand-cut mirrors. Built for an art festival in Japan, the house reflects the nature that surrounds it. It has a surreal look - echoes upon echoes and a changing feel depending on the day's light. And because the reflection comes in so many round shapes, fit together, it has almost a honeycomb feel. Hurami Yukatake is a glass artist based in Toyama, Japan who completed her Master of Fine Arts at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. She calls this piece: "Restructure". At first glance, it's hard to tell where nature ends and the house begins. And when the surrounding trees and grasses wave in the wind, the house seems to wave alongside them. Is she saying that we need to restructure our relationship with nature? Or with ourselves? What do you see when you look in the mirror?
It's a magical, artistic expression - worthy of reflection.
My little house - by Swannjie - thats not yet built! 2009, of aluminum cubes, in round ball or a real tiny house!
Comics : single frame w photo; Irish Yoga
What other kinds of yoga can you think of?
1// Cat yoga
2// hot yoga (Bikram yoga) 40.5 degree C
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2241475/Bikram-yoga-Not-just-cranks-yummy-mummies-Why-doctors-believe-bad-backs-depression-cured-HOT-YOGA.html
3// Grandma yoga
4// core poses of yoga http://www.movingintostillness.com/book/asana_padmasana.html
Friday, November 28, 2014
Comic Book : Line Drawings from Qiu Ying,
From Qiu Ying's Ming Dynasty painting "Spring Morning in the Han Palace" 《汉宫春晓图》
Comic Book : Diary Water Spout from the sky
Yesterday, in fact for many days now I have funny dreams.
They are all in strange places never happened in my dreams before.
Normally, I go in my dream to some locations - that I dont know of in real life but they are recurring only in my dreams sometimes over many years, like ten or 20 yrs.
Here, the scenerio is different, new.
Yesterday, i dreamt of being in a place w many many high rise - but i know it is Paris, several segments of high rise blocks like huge towers, and on ground it was raining hard.
I looked up and saw from a/our car - i had someone else in the car who was driving but dont remember who- that there is a water jet, as if pouring from a jug, like a water spout that pours from huge rain clouds above far away over a giant tower. and the water mainly came from there.
I had a camera with me , and tried to take pictures of the water spout. And the picture always came out pixelated at first, then shifted into place. So I tried to take several pictures of the water pouring down. There was rain cloud - grey white, water spout pouring out of this down onto the tower below - and a white yellowish sun light from behind the water spout. I was in a car , a small car, looking on from a distance.
Then I woke up.
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
scrap art: transformer art , artist Zhou Feng
http://www.hicenter.cn/columns_detail.asp?id=436042
Artist finds success transforming scrap into statues
Dec 23, 2013 | Author: Wu Huixin
Zhou Feng tries to dismantle a discarded auto at his garage studio in Hangzhou.
Zhou Feng's art piece, featuring dragon, made up of discarded auto parts.
Zhou Feng's art piece, featuring Transformer figure, made up of discarded auto parts.
When 50-year-old Zhou Feng sees scrap auto parts, he envisions
stylish robot-like statues, “Transformer” figures and other beings
created by his own hands.
One of his greatest works was a robot measuring 13.8 meters high and weighing 23.8 tons. It was made from two discarded fire trucks and was listed by the World Record Association of Hong Kong as the “first fire engine device sculpture in the world.”
Zhou, a Hangzhou native, has created numerous works over seven years. For him, discarded auto parts are perfect for his statues.
“Most people were pessimistic about the future of parts assembly art. Honestly speaking, when I first started my business, I didn’t expect that I could keep going for so many years,” Zhou says.
Zhou graduated from Hangzhou’s highly ranked China Academy of Art. The professional training made it easier for him to start designing and making robot-like figures.
First, he does freehand sketches on paper and then models them in clay before starting on the sculpture.
During the sculpting process, Zhou has to cut and weld metal materials while elevated on a scaffold. The electronic welding and cutting machines often leave him with small cuts on exposed areas of his hands and ankles.
Zhou’s first three works caught the eyes of a Zhejiang entrepreneur, Xu Aiqiao, who showed great interest in such art form and invested 200,000 yuan (US$32,927) in Zhou’s business. With Xu’s financial support, Zhou was able to dedicate himself fully to his work.
Zhou’s sculptures have appeared in exhibitions at the Beijing Museum of Natural History and Huzhou Museum in Zhejiang Province, as well as exhibitions in Hangzhou.
Zhou says he doesn’t set a fixed price for his works, though his small works go for a minimum of about 10,000 yuan and large ones are at least 50,000 to 60,000 yuan.
“If someone buys my work, that means he thinks highly of me and my art, then I’ll sell the piece at the price offered by the buyer,” says Zhou. The robot listed by World Record Association of Hong Kong was purchased by a company for 400,000 yuan.
Five years ago, Zhou moved his studio to Huachi Garage on Dongxin Road to make it easier to obtain and store scrap auto parts. It takes him 50,000 yuan annually to purchase the scrap he needs.
People working at the garage are accustomed to seeing Zhou’s Transformer figures looming 6 to 7 meters tall in front of his studio.
Just like the mechanics at the garage, Zhou wears a welding helmet and dirty overalls, cutting and bonding scrap steel every day. The studio is not luxurious — it was built with iron sheets, no air conditioning, and there are plenty of grease stains.
However, the surroundings don’t dampen his passion for the art. He’s an admitted workaholic and insists on creating his art no matter the season or weather. It takes him just 10 days to finish a large Transformer figure.
Last year, Zhou worked with Hangzhou Environmental Group to create a 10-meter-high Transformer with a variety of scrap, including old gas cylinders and plastic bottles. It was named Hercules and was erected at Tianziling Landfill, conveying a message of environmental protection.
Zhou expresses the importance of recycling through his works. He considers that any significant parts assembly art piece must meet three conditions: The raw materials must be common waste material; the works should be infused with the creator’s emotion; and the finished work should be stationed in the proper environment.
“The Transformer should be put in a museum, an art academy or a landfill; it’s not fit for a teahouse,” he says.
Zhou is now focusing on welding an enormous horse, because next year is the Chinese Year of the Horse. The horse’s flowing mane and its powerful muscles are expected, as usual, to be things of beauty sculpted out of scrap.
One of his greatest works was a robot measuring 13.8 meters high and weighing 23.8 tons. It was made from two discarded fire trucks and was listed by the World Record Association of Hong Kong as the “first fire engine device sculpture in the world.”
Zhou, a Hangzhou native, has created numerous works over seven years. For him, discarded auto parts are perfect for his statues.
“Most people were pessimistic about the future of parts assembly art. Honestly speaking, when I first started my business, I didn’t expect that I could keep going for so many years,” Zhou says.
Zhou graduated from Hangzhou’s highly ranked China Academy of Art. The professional training made it easier for him to start designing and making robot-like figures.
First, he does freehand sketches on paper and then models them in clay before starting on the sculpture.
During the sculpting process, Zhou has to cut and weld metal materials while elevated on a scaffold. The electronic welding and cutting machines often leave him with small cuts on exposed areas of his hands and ankles.
Zhou’s first three works caught the eyes of a Zhejiang entrepreneur, Xu Aiqiao, who showed great interest in such art form and invested 200,000 yuan (US$32,927) in Zhou’s business. With Xu’s financial support, Zhou was able to dedicate himself fully to his work.
Zhou’s sculptures have appeared in exhibitions at the Beijing Museum of Natural History and Huzhou Museum in Zhejiang Province, as well as exhibitions in Hangzhou.
Zhou says he doesn’t set a fixed price for his works, though his small works go for a minimum of about 10,000 yuan and large ones are at least 50,000 to 60,000 yuan.
“If someone buys my work, that means he thinks highly of me and my art, then I’ll sell the piece at the price offered by the buyer,” says Zhou. The robot listed by World Record Association of Hong Kong was purchased by a company for 400,000 yuan.
Five years ago, Zhou moved his studio to Huachi Garage on Dongxin Road to make it easier to obtain and store scrap auto parts. It takes him 50,000 yuan annually to purchase the scrap he needs.
People working at the garage are accustomed to seeing Zhou’s Transformer figures looming 6 to 7 meters tall in front of his studio.
Just like the mechanics at the garage, Zhou wears a welding helmet and dirty overalls, cutting and bonding scrap steel every day. The studio is not luxurious — it was built with iron sheets, no air conditioning, and there are plenty of grease stains.
However, the surroundings don’t dampen his passion for the art. He’s an admitted workaholic and insists on creating his art no matter the season or weather. It takes him just 10 days to finish a large Transformer figure.
Last year, Zhou worked with Hangzhou Environmental Group to create a 10-meter-high Transformer with a variety of scrap, including old gas cylinders and plastic bottles. It was named Hercules and was erected at Tianziling Landfill, conveying a message of environmental protection.
Zhou expresses the importance of recycling through his works. He considers that any significant parts assembly art piece must meet three conditions: The raw materials must be common waste material; the works should be infused with the creator’s emotion; and the finished work should be stationed in the proper environment.
“The Transformer should be put in a museum, an art academy or a landfill; it’s not fit for a teahouse,” he says.
Zhou is now focusing on welding an enormous horse, because next year is the Chinese Year of the Horse. The horse’s flowing mane and its powerful muscles are expected, as usual, to be things of beauty sculpted out of scrap.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
"Mystery" by Shuengit Chow 2014
http://youtu.be/-B_tobwJF9A
"Mystery" by Shuengit Chow 2014
Painted stainless steel
with frt and bck view
"Mystery" by Shuengit Chow 2014
Painted stainless steel
with frt and bck view
Monday, November 24, 2014
The Ring of Life; rings
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2234442/Orient-Excess-Chinese-spend-10billion-building-500-foot-loop-steel.html
The ring of life
Taking shape in the city of Fushun in Liaoning province is a gigantic steel loop dubbed the Ring of Life.
The 500-foot ring is made of a whopping 3,000 tonnes of steel and will glow at night with a phenomenal 12,000 LED lights.
The landmark, which is
equivalent to a 50-storey building, cost nearly £10 million and has been
designed by the same architect behind the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in
Shanghai.
According to Fushun Municipal Government's officials, the iconic structure has been built simply to serve as an viewing platform. Up to four elevators will take visitors to the top.
The developer originally planned to
add a platform for visitors to bungee jump off. However, the idea was
abandoned because the ring is too high for bungee jumpers.
A local construction bureau official told the Shenyang Evening News that Fushun wanted to have an office tower on the spot of the ring but the town was too small to support it.
The Ring of Life came to fruition after the developer scrapped three other plans.
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artist : Jaehyo Lee
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Ring Sculpture in China, from blog :
http://jutanclan.blogspot.fr/2014/04/china-2014-day-5-cherry-blossoms-french.html
The ring of life
Orient Excess: Chinese spend £10million building 500-foot loop of steel that does absolutely nothing
- The enormous ring emerging in Fushun city, northeast China, has been designed to be a viewing platform
- The monument, known as the Ring of Life, is made up of 3,000 tonnes of steel and decorated with 12,000 LED lights
Taking shape in the city of Fushun in Liaoning province is a gigantic steel loop dubbed the Ring of Life.
The 500-foot ring is made of a whopping 3,000 tonnes of steel and will glow at night with a phenomenal 12,000 LED lights.
The gigantic steel loop, known as the Ring of Life, pictured, is being built in Fushun city in China
The 500-foot ring is made of 3,000 tonnes of steel and will glow with 12,000 LED lights
According to Fushun Municipal Government's officials, the iconic structure has been built simply to serve as an viewing platform. Up to four elevators will take visitors to the top.
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A local construction bureau official told the Shenyang Evening News that Fushun wanted to have an office tower on the spot of the ring but the town was too small to support it.
The Ring of Life came to fruition after the developer scrapped three other plans.
The landmark has been designed by the same architect behind the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in Shanghai Name?
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Ring Sculpture in China, from blog :
http://jutanclan.blogspot.fr/2014/04/china-2014-day-5-cherry-blossoms-french.html
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