PAST EXHIBITION

The Three Spirit 

Dec 23-26, 2011 

Concept: To express individual spirit by designing three different characters that represents each of the team members. 

In this final project exhibition, the creative team members Yvonne Lim Yee Von, Sarah Yap Yie Kah, and Lee Kok Liang designed three characters which represent their appearances or personality as a way to express their spirits. This uniqueness is apparent in the colorful poster featuring figure 3 which consists of whimsical illustration of the characters with funky animals, trees, flowers and clouds in nature; drawing the visitors into a fantasy world in children’s storybook that stimulates imagination and dreams.

Each of the character created by the team members has one thing in common - each has a large eye; the furry blue with a watchful eye; the little red chap with a compassionate look; and a meteor-like kitty with a Pinocchio nose. They were hand-sewn and held on the strings with other characters featured fruits, muffins, cookies and the like. They were dangled atop the ceiling which creating a charm of a candy land.

Most of the time was spent on sewing the characters up. They purchased the fabric locally but had to source for the particular blue furry online from China. On the other hand, they came up with the variations from the figure 3 design for t-shirts and handmade woven bags. They transferred the images onto the fabric by using paint thinner method. It took them quite awhile to test and reach the correct color combination.

While the warm yellow light set the tone, an inviting corner of the gallery serving delicious homemade pastries such as almond apple crumbles, muffins, mango & honeydew puddings, and Ribena longan. The homemade chocolate bars in orange, raisins, and almond flavors are a pleasant surprise. The team applied a classic style of label printing with paint thinner transfer, bringing to life the reminiscent retro and vintage feel to the chocolate packaging on canvas.

Three members. Three characters. Three spirits. They are one, and yet individual. Though only three in a team from idea generation, preparation, and setup, they lived up to the spirit of ‘3’ and overcame the obstacles to make this project a fruitful experience. 

The Three Spirit exhibit 

T-shirt

Tote bag

Character that represents Kok Liang

 

Character that represents Yvonne 

Character that represents Sarah 

Exhibition theme 

Invitation to the exhibition 

Homemade chocolates

Homemade almond apple crumbles

Homemade muffins

Homemade puddings

Another delight at the exhibition

The Three Spirit Creative Members: Yvonne (front row, second from the left), Sarah (front row, second from the left), and Kok Liang (back row, middle) and classmates 

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