Pagoda
Through this project I challenge the limits of clay. The reason why clay is unpredictable is that it shrinks and deforms whilst vitrifying in the kiln, my aim is to understand and work with this phenomenon towards precision.
This series of stackable porcelain tableware is inspired by the forms of pagoda, architecture which holds spiritual sanitary for Buddhists. According to Buddhism changeability is one of the perennial principles of nature. In my project the form of a pagoda is expressed by stacking thrown porcelain which echoes the silhouette of Buddhist temples. I also used soft fading glazes to create the gradual change of colour to emphasise the feeling of the sky as light and dark transfer through the rotation of the earth to illustrate that there are only ever-changing, ever-moving processes.
Camberwell Series
These two plates are the first two from a ceramic collection. The place I investigated within one mile radiums is Rye Lane which is one of the most important commercial street in Peckham. The color pattern on the plates are the combination of the brand of the thirty three shops on Rye Lane. And the pattern are the representative architectures of Peckham’s development. Although from my research, most of the people’s first impression of Peckham is negative which are cheap, local and dirty, I believe that Peckham has its own style, unlike anywhere else in London, it is not modern or high-tech, but cultural diversed, approachable, reliable instead of grandiose. That is why I made this collection, to show the unique beauty of Peckham, of Camberwell.
Three Dimensional Puzzle
This is my final work for the adult toy project which is called 3D puzzle. It is a combination of building block toy and puzzle toy. It has four sides which were engraved with four different pictures. This toy can "connect" pieces from different dimension while a normal puzzle toy is about connecting pieces on a flat surface. And the sequence of putting each piece is also important.so when you put things together you also need to consider the stcture of the whole thing.
In conclusion, this toy can not only develop adults' geometric space sense but can also train people to see things from a macroscopic level. Meanwhile, it creates a good bonding moment for family and friends. After it is finished, it can also be an ornament for the room.
Vessel Puzzle
This project is designed for Kings college hospital in order to help children who have sickel cell disease better understand their illness.
The sickled red blood cells are rigid, they tend to clump up along the walls of these larger arteries, damaging vessel walls and exposing tissue that gathers more sickle cells and further narrows the vessels.
So we want to use our models to show the difference between normal cells and sickel cells and how does sickel cell disease lead to stroke.
Since our product's audiences are children, we decided to make a toy, so children can understand this disease while playing with it.
Deception
I designed a collection of vases, instead of using papers to show the facades, I used lines towards different directions to show the concave and convex and create a visual deception.