Naturalization of My Personal Space

Another fun activity I've been involved in: redecorating! Was thinking of how to create designer-looking stuff for my room at a fraction of the cost, while keeping in my favoured theme of nature-inspired forms. Here's some of my mini-projects. And yeah, I have kinda quirky taste sometimes.


Cactus Spine Lamp -
Made from $5 Ikea lamp and 3 x Polyetylene spiky mats to keep birds off surfaces (dunno what the hell is that called)

Foliage Frames -

White frame from Ikea and 3 different artificial grass tufts that I got from Daiso.

Monstera Clock -

I ripped out the clock mechanism + hands from an old obiang clock I've had for years, and cut out a Monstera leaf pattern (you know, those tropical ferns) out of Bristol board. Kinda like this one the best. =)

The Architecture of Archival

Recently I've been intrigued by the language of archival and instruction, and the way that diagrams map out the complex organisation of the world. While the illustrator of the diagram seems to be engaging in a very scientific, methodical process, there is a subconscious point of view that is being reflected.

These are experimentations in digital collage: basically I stitched together a composite scene from images of a 19th-century illustrated encyclopedia, and an IKEA furniture assembly instruction manual. Both, to me, are forms of archival that pay specific attention to an object that evokes hidden worlds: the foreign exotic lands, or the idealised domestic realm of the catalogue home. These collages aim to unveil the hidden fairytales and scenes that have supposedly been torn apart by archival.

Enjoy.


Geological Shrines

The Budkeeper's Ritual

Happy CNY