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Fine Art

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Zen Paper Quilling

Zen

Zen is a handmade paper quilling artwork made for wall decoration. Paper quilling is a technique in which coloured paper strips are curled and folded into circles, curves and wavy lines, then glued onto cardboard to create a three-dimensional surface. Zen is built from coloured paper strips one centimetre wide, rolled into large and small coils and arranged by size, shape and colour contrast. Many folding and curling methods were tested to obtain gradient colours in paper. The framed piece measures 300 x 400 x 15 mm.

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Pop Star View Platform

Pop Star

Pop Star is an art installation and view platform based on the geometric shape of the icosahedron. The work is built as a steel structure measuring 15000 mm in each direction. The form is derived from the compound eye of an insect, enlarged to a scale beyond normal human visual reading. Visitors can enter the central area and look out over the surrounding fields. From the outside the volume appears solid and imposing, while the inner space feels quiet and enclosed. Pop Star was designed in Beijing in 2019 and completed in Shanghai in 2020.

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 Elysium Echoes Movable Contemporary Art Installation

Elysium Echoes

Elysium Echoes is a rotating art installation that explores the relationship between environmental change and human survival. The work is made of resin, metal and acrylic, with three-dimensional printed parts and a rotating motor, and measures 45 by 45 by 50 centimetres. Three sections represent human, transitional and post-human forms. Continuous rotation disrupts and recombines these stages to suggest evolutionary shifts. The installation invites reflection on technology, ecology and the future of humanity.

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Icy Fire Immersive Digital Art Installation

Icy Fire

In this immersive installation, the color palette transitions from cool to warm tones as the video progresses, representing the tragic impacts of global warming. However, the re-freezing of the text at the conclusion of the video provides a glimmer of hope, signifying the potential influence of humanity's collective efforts. This creative fusion of traditional ink painting with the concept of environmental consciousness elevates classical ink art into the realm of contemporary art, highlighting the enduring vitality of Chinese ink in the digital era.

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Heaven Bloom kinetic installation

Heaven Bloom

Heaven Bloom is a kinetic installation placed in the lobby of a building inspired by nature in Taichung City, Taiwan. The work is composed of 144 mechanical metal flowers made of aluminium and stainless steel. Different finishes were applied to the metal to create special textures and colours. Each flower contains more than 50 mechanical components and is driven by a motor. The flowers open out of the wall surface and sway to the background music. Four melodies relate to the four seasons, so the moving flowers form a near-natural scene indoors.

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 Luck  Art Installation

Luck

Luck is a conceptual art installation that combines photography, handcrafted and found objects, and video to ironically reconstruct the process of manufacturing luck. Through step by step photographs and encyclopedias displaying counterfeit four leaf clovers, the work questions authenticity, widely accepted cultural symbols, and the ways in which society simplifies and packages the idea of happiness. Rooted in personal memory, it uses familiar forms to provoke reflection through subtle irony and accessible visual language.

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Cheers To Macau Bland Cultural Extension Design

Cheers To Macau

Cheers to Macau embodies profound conceptual meaning through the transformation of aluminum beer cans into crumpled porcelain, symbolizing Macau's unique cultural fusion and contemporary environmental awareness. The design incorporates motifs such as the Ruins of St. Paul's, Portuguese tile patterns, bilingual text in Chinese and English, and gold splashes accented with wild cursive Chinese calligraphy centered around the theme of lotus. This artistic creation blends classical Chinese art with the expressive gestures of Abstract Expressionism.

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Golden Dot Invasion Christmas Decoration

Golden Dot Invasion

An ephemeral art installation inspired by the "Midas touch", composed by 1.000.000 golden sequins to attract good luck and fortune! To create a tunnel effect were used different size chains from 1 to 6 meters long that move with the wind, shine and create reflections in the surrounding area, depending on the incidence of light. Hidden in the middle of the golden dots, 2880 meters of golden led light curtains light up in the night involving the viewer by transforming their state of mind!

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Milky Way Giant Installation Artwork with Lights

Milky Way

Milky Way is a public art installation located in Wuhan, China. The sculpture spans 90 meters in diameter and reaches a height of 40 meters, and is made of forged stainless steel with a sprayed paint finish. Full-color LED lighting is integrated into the structure, with seven preset colors that can be changed for different occasions, such as weekdays, holidays and special events. The rising and falling curves recall the mountains and rivers of Wuhan, while three main lines refer to the three towns of the city.

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Oyoga Chair

Oyoga

Oyoga is a modular seat designed for group use in shared rest areas. Unlike fixed chairs, Oyoga uses a rotating joint structure, so the layout can change from a three person seat to a six person seat according to the number of users. Each seat is a yoga ball, which adds softness and allows light exercise while sitting. A ball can also be flipped up to act as a backrest for the seat beside it. Elastic materials provide comfort, and metal connectors keep the parts stable and simple to replace. Pomegranate seeds inspired the form as a symbol of unity.

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Night of Celebration Artwork

Night of Celebration

Night of Celebration is a wall-mounted glass sculpture. The work joins antique glass goblets with a freely blown glass form. A mold of an antique goblet was pressed onto the heated body, leaving a concave negative imprint on the surface. Hot glass appears to pour from the goblets, suggesting the continuity of tradition through time. After cooling, the form was cut and polished, then coated with a special solution for a pearl effect and baked again. The finished piece measures 430 by 200 by 500 millimeters.

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Synthetic Blue Conceptual Sustainable Design

Synthetic Blue

Synthetic Blue is a sculpture that resembles a jellyfish. The sculpture is made entirely from reclaimed disposable plastic utensils, thermally reshaped and permanently embedded in resin. The dome form is created through compression and controlled heat, preserving surface textures that recall biological membranes. The piece rests in a shallow resin basin framed in wood, which suggests a reflective water surface. Viewers first read the object as a marine organism, then recognize the discarded plastic, a shift that draws attention to the effect of waste on ocean life.

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