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Welcome to my blog!
I am an artist and educator whose life's goal is to unite the power of art, whether through dance, music or fine arts with educating the young people of tomorrow's society! Art is the segway to the realms of all aspects of education. No other subject can be linked to everything and anything. This is the chronicle of my life's art and my work as educator. Follow me with the imagination of a child's as only they know what they truly want.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Student Artwork

Gallery Night - Student Artwork Showcase:

Life's Deal Deck of Cards Project






Mask of Your Fears project



Image Transfer/Collage project




Ceramics 11/12 - Habitat Project and Imaginary creature





Art 11/12 - Image Transfer Project





Grade 8 - Monochromatic Spoon Portraits




Art 9/10 - Artist Trading Cards












Ceramics 9/10 - Wheelthrown work



Ceramics 9/10 - Tableware set



Ceramics 9/10 - Likeness Project





Ceramics 9/10 - Consumerism Project






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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

My Artwork

Black and White Film Photography, 2010

I always knew that I wanted to teach and what better is to teach what I love to do most! Art!


"Untitled" acrylic on canvas, 2009.



"Staged Photography Unit", Digital print, 2010.



"My Childish Imagination" performance piece, 2010.

There I had my first experience of performance art. Creating art with my body. It was a personal reflection of my favorite book of all time: The Little Prince.

"Falling Slowly", video project, 2010.

My final project was a piece out of my journal. It was a personal and intimate piece and I asked my friend Ahmad to participate as he knew how to play the guitar :)

My journey with art will never end. My numerous doodles and drawings, paintings and ceramic works never cease with my desire and passion to learn and to teach. I am always fascinated by the child's world, the eyes of which they see through and their mind, such delicate but beautiful things with no boundaries, no judgment, no hindering to what they can imagine. I continue my journey studying the Early Childhood Education diploma to be completed summer of 2011.

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Emily Carr University Days

"Tea Au Naturel" Highfire Columbia Buff stoneware, 2006.



I woke up early one cold October to Emily Carr University's National Portfolio Day with my large portfolio in tow. Needless to say, I got in and did my 4 years of the best education of my life. I dove in head first into the harsh realities of critiques and the shock of drawing nudes for the first time. I finally found my passion which is ceramics. I love the visceral qualities of the clay and the connectivity to the body. I am a dancer and clay to me is the closest thing to bodily expression in the fine art form.

"And He Halted the Tsunami" Collograph, Oiled based ink, 2006.

"Nude Studies" Chalk pastel on newsprint, 2005.

"Thank You For the Cross" Woodblock print, 2006.

"Untitled" Wheelthrown bowl, columbia buff clay, yellow salt glaze, 2007.


"Figure Studies" Charcoal on newsprint, 2005.

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"Life Under The Stairs" woodblock print, book media, 2007.

"99 Bottles..." Handbuilt red earthenware clay and low fire clay, 2006.

"Cookie Series" Chalk pastel on newsprint, 2005.

"Function Vs. Form" Columbia Buff Stoneware wheel thrown pieces, 2007.

"City Scape" Acrylic on wood, 2008.

"Thin Series" Handbuilt red earthenware, 2007.

My obsession with dragons...
In second year, a friend and I (both Asian-Canadian) decided we would create a collaborative piece on culture stereotypes around Orientalism. This spurred a 3 year discovery of my Chinese heritage mixed with my Canadian culture. My art grew on aspects of what I was going through and on a journey to China to study ceramics."Dragon Plate 2/4" Cobalt Carbonate on high fire porcelain, 2006.


"China in Chinatown Dragons" cobalt carbonate on high fire porcelain, 2008.


"China in Chinatown dragon 1/9" cobalt carbonate on high fire porcelain 2007

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