THE WORKSHOP / MAKING NOTES

The Process

Objects take time. These workshop notes follow unpainted models, worked surfaces, layers of colour and the occasional return to the beginning.

Building the white model / buzuo-laoshi-014-1V
White model

01 / White model

Building the white model

A form takes shape around the vessel. The unpainted model remains visible before colour.

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Carving the details / buzuo-laoshi-033-1V
Shaping

02 / Shaping

Carving the details

Small tools work the skull and surface details of an unpainted vase.

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Painting, layer by layer / buzuo-laoshi-253-1V
Painting

03 / Painting

Painting, layer by layer

A record of the artist’s painting methods, from the workbench to the coloured object.

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Three versions of a mirror / buzuo-laoshi-080-1V
Reworking

04 / Reworking

Three versions of a mirror

The artist describes returning to this pink mirror frame through three revisions.

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An experiment that did not work / buzuo-laoshi-212-1V
Material trial

05 / Material trial

An experiment that did not work

The artist records a laser-engraving trial on a steel plate: fine drawn lines did not translate clearly.

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Before the box is painted / buzuo-laoshi-082-1V
In progress

06 / In progress

Before the box is painted

Flowers and skull details on the square box, still in their unpainted state.

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