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  • Deviled Potatoes

    Some people like to dress up their kids or pets for Halloween. I like to dress up my food. Deviled ...

    Posted: October 31st, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • my dumb phone speaks to me

    We’re in a curious time, on the cusp between digital and analog. Even as technology races ahead, our systems, devices ...

    Posted: July 2nd, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • after Song Dong: Waste Not, bottlecap valentines

    Valentines made of discarded bottlecaps. Inspired by Beijing artist Song Dong’s installation Waste Not, on show in The Curve at ...

    Posted: February 14th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • travel photos & ephemera

    I’m a German-born Chinese-American, currently transplanted to London. I grew up with a travel agent mother and an adventurous, somewhat ...

    Posted: April 20th, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • po’ tatoes and sad spuds

    A series of sad spuds and poor potatoes, made when I was frustrated by the resigned and hangdog attitudes of ...

    Posted: March 22nd, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • operation red rabbit

    To celebrate the Year of the Rabbit, a warren of red rabbits were made from papier mache and placed around ...

    Posted: February 25th, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • 2011 greetings

    sweet 2011 greetings, made from Smarties — love those colours!

    Posted: January 7th, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
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  • cityscapes: deconstructed city views

    The Gherkin, London. Drawn with pen and plotter on watercolour paper. View looking uptown, NYC. Drawn with pen and plotter ...

    Posted: August 13th, 2010 ˑ  No Comments
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  • bouquet of clay pipe stems

    Thread-wrapped Elizabethan clay pipe stems collected from the banks of the Thames. Starting in the late 16th century, it became ...

    Posted: August 13th, 2010 ˑ  No Comments
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  • china blues

    China Blues, 2010. Pottery shards, paint chips. I find it fascinating that all these bits of history just wash up ...

    Posted: August 11th, 2010 ˑ  Comments Closed
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  • Fragile 2-C

    Fragile 2-C, 2010. Watercolor paper, thread.

    Posted: May 17th, 2010 ˑ  No Comments
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  • yee pau’s belongings

    Posted: April 1st, 2010 ˑ  No Comments
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  • yee pau’s story

    My great aunt died in the summer of 2009. I called her Yee Pau, which is similar to “second grandmother” ...

    Posted: March 28th, 2010 ˑ  Comments Closed
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  • T is for Thread

    T is for Thread, 2009 Thread and paper, scanned. Made for OXHOUSE, an online alphabet made for and about the ...

    Posted: December 8th, 2009 ˑ  No Comments
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  • how to use chopsticks

    How to Use Chopsticks, 2009. Woven chopstick wrappers, canvas frame. Created for and shown at the 100sqft show in London, ...

    Posted: November 28th, 2009 ˑ  No Comments
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  • colourful sayings

    feeling blue tickled pink good as gold The Words You Say Are Not the Words I Mean (Colourful Sayings), 2009 ...

    Posted: June 5th, 2009 ˑ  No Comments
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  • A yearning for sunlight in a paper-based visualization.
Materials: Discarded paper strips, white thread.
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    longing for light (petals)

    petals
    A yearning for sunlight in a paper-based visualization.
    Materials: Discarded paper strips, white thread.
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    Posted: May 10th, 2009 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Textile Intervention at UID: Sensing and Sensuality

    Developed for the “Sensing and Sensuality” spring summit at the Umeå Institute of Design, March 27, 2009. I commandeered one ...

    Posted: March 27th, 2009 ˑ  No Comments
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