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"Olafur Eliasson: In real life" exhibition at Tate Mordern
Posted on December 22, 2019 by Toothpicker
Model room (2003), Olafur Eliasson in collaboration with Einar Thorsteinn
Although I have seen Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson's works before, I was still hesitant to visit his "Olafur Eliasson: In real life" exhibition at Tate Modern fearing that it has been overhyped. Then when I went with a friend on one Friday evening [...]
This post was posted in London, Exhibitions, Paper art & craft, Social issues, Art, Climate change, contemporary and was tagged with London, art and design exhibitions, origami, contemporary art, climate change, global crisis, Olafur Eliasson, Tate Modern
The art of paper: folding, pleating and manipulation
Posted on July 1, 2019 by Toothpicker
Unlike children today, when I think of my childhood, paper played a crucial role in my early days. Aside from drawing on paper, I collected paper bookmarks, writing paper, and stickers; I dressed up paper dolls with my classmates after school; I did origami and paper cutouts; I learned calligraphy and practised [...]
This post was posted in London, Paper art & craft, Contemporary craft and was tagged with London, origami, paper craft, contemporary crafts, textiles, paper art, paper engineering, learning
DesignrsBlock & Design Junction 2014
Posted on October 9, 2014 by Toothpicker
Top left: DesignersBlock in Clerkenwell; 2nd row middle: Plumen's tree installation; 2nd row right: Dome by The Dub Module; Bottom: Beth Lewis-Williams
To be honest, I didn't think DesignersBlock's previous venue (South bank) was a suitable one because the show was too scattered and it just didn't gel together as a whole [...]
This post was posted in London, Paper art & craft, Design festivals & shows, Contemporary craft, Design, Videos & animations and was tagged with London, origami, contemporary crafts, design junction, designersblock, London Design Festival
The joy (and pain) of origami
Posted on March 24, 2012 by Toothpicker
One of the perks of my job involves sourcing unusual and interesting products from different designers or companies. But sometimes, it is not easy placing orders without seeing the actual products, esp. if they require self-assembly. I love origami and so I requested some Japanese origami product samples from Tokyo Shiki, a [...]
This post was posted in Japanese design, Stationery, Greeting cards, Paper art & craft, Japanese stationery, Anything Japanese, Design and was tagged with Japanese designs, stationery, greeting cards, origami
My greeting card collection
Posted on March 16, 2012 by Toothpicker
Some people like to collect silverware or vintage cars or even Louis Vuitton handbags, I, on the otherhand, have been collecting stationery (esp. Snoopy ones) since I was a child. I started collecting mini erasers given to me at the doctor's clinic ( I wonder if doctors still do that now?), followed [...]
This post was posted in Stationery, Greeting cards, Paper art & craft, Japanese stationery, Anything Japanese, Design and was tagged with Japanese designs, stationery, greeting cards, origami
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