Collide / Converge

08/12/2014 //
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“In the beginning, all is without form and void.  Subsequent to collision, interaction and convergence, order is created; form and cognition appeared.  That’s how our story begins.

Seven individuals; seven entangled minds converged through clay and expressed in one exhibition.

Akin to many urbanites, we live with heavy workloads and pressure in everyday life.  Pottery cleanses our souls; mends cracks of regrets left behind as we grow up; clears tangled thoughts; awakens the seed of creativity buried deep within us.  It nourishes our lives.”

COLLIDE / CONVERGE

14 – 28.08.2014
(tue – sun, 13:00 – 18:00)

Pottery Workshop Gallery
G/F, 24 Upper Station Street,
Sheung Wan,
Hong Kong

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Coin Necklace

08/11/2014 //
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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERADIA330mm, Hong Kong

Another newly designed necklace lined with coin pendants.

After its role in currency, coin has been used as jewelry decoration by the Egyptian soldiers as a kind of medal.  Coins were later used as a memorabilia of travels, keepsake, etc.

Something Old Something New
Collectible Jewellery Collection

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Ikat Box

08/08/2014 //
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boxW70xD70xH30mm, Indonesia

A small box with the covered made from ikat fabric.

The technique of ikat dyeing starts before the actual weaving begins.  Certain yarn on the warp is wrapped up with thread or string.  When the dye applied to the warp, the wrapped up part form a resist to the dye.  Threads are then removed, leaving an area of undyed yarn.  It is then ready to be woven into cloth.  Because of the unevenness of the warp wrapping, the woven result has a characteristic ikat effect.

Ikat weaving is particularly laborious as the pattern is often pictorial, the warp has to be loaded on the weaving loom before carefully tying up the pattern.  After dying the warp has to be loaded but on the loom at the same location before weaving.

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Plumb Line Pendant

08/07/2014 //
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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERADIA300mm, Hong Kong

If one day you would need to determine a vertical line and the iphone is not handy, this might do the trick!

A piece of chip off jade with a pointed end.
Perfect to go with jeans and causal wear.

Something Old Something New
Collectible Jewellery Collection

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Card – Peace for the 4 Seasons

08/05/2014 //
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W110xH150mm, Hong Kong

One of a pair of cards for with the blessing “peace for the 4 seasons“.

Features boys each holding a potted plant, plum blossom, orchid, chrysanthemum and lotus, the four plants are known as the four season flowers, each representing a season.

Spring – orchid, Summer – lotus, Autumn – chrysanthemum, Winter – plum blossom

The “vase” 瓶 (ping) has the same pronunciation as “peace” 平 (ping); thus symbolizing peace all year round.



			


	


	
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Spike Necklace

				
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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERADIA300mm, Hong Kong


This jade necklace has a certain tribal touch.

The spike like jade as known as white chicken bone jade.


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Rooster and Peony Plate

				
08/01/2014 //
 
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plateDIA130xH20mm, China


An octagonal plate with a rooster in a field of peony.


In Chinese, rooster with peony 公雞牡丹 symbolizes 吉祥富貴 wealth and blessed, with the word rooster 雞 “Ji” has the same pronunciation as the word 吉 “Ji” blessed and the peony being the flower of wealth.




			


	


	
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Bamboo Strainer

				
07/31/2014 //
 
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bamboo ladleDIA120xL360mm, China


Before there are plastic or stainless steel drainers, the one made with bamboo is a household item.  Bamboo is a faster growing plant, a material that was employed in most household objects; chairs, sieves, baskets etc.  The technique of bamboo weaving became a special craft in China and Japan alike, but with the arrival of newer material such as plastic, the craft of bamboo weaving is becoming a dying art.


The bamboo strainer is perfect for making noodles.




			


	


	
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Golden Wood Carving – Double Dragon and Pearl

				
07/30/2014 //
 
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golden wood carvingL350xD25xH130, China


This golden wood carving used to be center pediment of an ornamental object, perhaps on small shrine in a temple.


On the carving, there are 2 dragons chasing after a pearl.  Dragons are believed to be mythical creatures from the sky, they need to attain a certain quality to become a saint.  After a few hundred years, the essence of what they have learnt from nature would become a pearl like pellet.  The dragon would spit out the pearl for it absorb the spirit of nature and the bigger the pearl would grow.  One day while a dragon was practicing with his pearl, another dragon decided to take this pearl to speedup his own attainment. The bad dragon spit out his pearl hoping it would absorb the other, the two pearls melted and became one giant pearl, both dragons wanted to take it in and started using all their tricks.  Their fight upset the nature of the universe and the Jade Emperor took them in and set the pearl on the temple which would be protected by the dragons for good


			


	


	
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Doll

				
07/29/2014 //
 
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dollW130xH220mm, China


A gentle fabric doll dressed in indigo dye costume.


Here is the local designer Furze‘s abstract version.


			


	


	
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