What's my way?

It is close to the final show. I just finished my things I used to show my work. Actually, it costed me a lot of time to make them. But now I am happy I finished them and I like them. I feel satisfy with my works and the things I made for exhibiting my works. They all made by my own hands. Of course, in this process, many people helped me and I am really grateful to them for helping me so much. At the beginning, I prepared for the show, I felt nervous. However, I enjoy this whole preparation.

Now I put my plinths together and paint the woods to put them on the lights to hang up my works.



For a disigner, maybe you don't need to make your own works every time. However, as a student, I think it is better to try everything and try to make your idea come true. And it is a very good experience in the life. Maybe when I begin to work in the society, I don't have time to do these anymore.

Works are important, because they express your ideas and present your creativaty. However, I think the way to show them is important too. You need to ensure your works are exhibiting in a right way and make something to attract people to come to your works. I saw many different ways of showing works in London's galleries. I totally love the galleries in London. I learn much from visiting them. Now my final show is coming, I will show my works in my way.



How to exhibit my works

At the beginning, I thought it would not difficult to exhibit my works. However, when I began to think about this thing, I found that it was really complicated. I want everything be perfect, so I change the way to exhibit the final work again and again. And it is not so easy to make the result in my head. Anyway, this progress is a good experience for me and I think every designers should have this experience. Now, I just finished my plinths. They are beautiful. I like them. I made them for show my book.

The other work I want to show in the final show is several pieces of papers. I burned cigarettes on these papers and got some marks on the papers. The shape of this is a big circle like this:

But it will be bigger. Now the problem I face is how to exhibit this work. I want to hang them up sheet by sheet. So I need to know how to hang them. Silke gave me a lot of ideas and I also asked Anthony to help me. Now we got an idea to hang them, but I need to try this way. Hopefully it can work.

Works about Smoking

Anthony made some works about smoking and he showed me. They are beautiful. He made 3D works and I think it is different from my works. But I think they are interesting. Thanks, Anthony.

This is a lung. Smoking will make people think the lung.

These are butts.

Yves Klein -- Fire Painting on Board

Now I am doing some works with burning cigarettes. It can be said it is about fire. Silke suggest me to look at Yves Klein's works. He used fire to paint, which is very special and interesting. I love his works -- Fire Painting on Board. Actually I want to see the really work. There must be many details on this work. And I found some images of his works on the Internet. They are very beautiful. He controlled the fire to paint on the board. However, there may be something by accidents. Whatever he controlled and the accidents, they are both amazing. I also want to use burning cigarettes to 'paint'. It must be interesting. But I need to do some experiments first.

Some Thoughts about Final Show

When I am busy making my works, I am also thinking about the shop in the final show. I think it is interesting to sell something I made in the final show. Here are some little things I made. Maybe I can improve them and sell them in the shop in the final show.

Recent Works

Rencently, I am making cigarette marks on paper. I tried different papers to get different results. Here are some experiments.

This work was made before unit two, which was my beginning idea of burning marks of cigarettes. I like marks on the back of the picture. Then I test more different papers.

This is a handmade book I bought from Cass Art. The papers of it are not so flat, so the whole feeling is not so good. But the marks on the papers are clear.

I used different kinds of papers to make books, then I light up cigarettes on them to make marks. I got different results and I found one paper is very good to leave marks on it.

I made another five small books which are in postcard size, then I burned cigarettes on them. I am quite happy with these works. And I want to make a larger one.





Some of My Works in Unit One

I took photograph of my works in Unit One. Here are some pictures.

Scan apples

Handwriting

Using Camera in Different Way

Memory

Book Project

These works are all my short projects. I love to do some short projects when I am doing a main project. Doing short projects can make me feel relax and happy.