Next Step

After the experiment came out successful, it is time to start making the real art work from my original idea, which is creating domestic objects from my personal experience with my creative use of fabrics as traditional paper crafting. I briefly met with Lea to review how to build teapots, and will meet with Sarah to learn how to crochet.
The process of experimenting was highly important to me because I realized a few things about myself as the artist. Through out paper-cutting and origami, my muscle memory stood out that I didn't have to relearn the techniques I already knew. Moreover, the process also reminded me of my childhood activity with my family, such as making the paper decoration for Chinese New Year. This was a wonderful discovery for my inspiration. I started thinking why I was unconsciously obsessed with the idea of producing teapots and what teapots mean to me. Then I remember that my father's biggest hobby is to collect two things: stamps and teapot sets. The stamp collection is hidden somewhere in our house that no one really knows what it is and where it is, besides my father. On the opposite, my father's collection of teapot sets are displayed in every cabinet and shelf as the main decoration of our home. Without knowing the actual value of the collection, however, I grew up fully understanding how much it meant to my father and therefore, how much it meant to me. When I was seven years old, one of my cousins came to my house and broke one of the red-clay teapot in front of both mine and his family. When I found out what exactly happened, I immediately went to him and punched his nose, and we started a physical fight. I vaguely remember why I was so upset, but I think I was trying to protect my father in a way. After all these thoughts and everything going through my head, I asked my father to send me pictures of his teapot sets. I want to somehow recreate them in my own way with the techniques I learned and the use of fabrics I discovered.