Daniel Lai is a Chinese artist who grew up in Malaysia and now resides in Tennessee. He creates his intriguing art pieces during study breaks... Daniel is currently working toward a Ph.D. in Criminology, and has degrees in Linguistics and Art Studies/Art History as well.
A veritable army of cleverly positioned clay Thinkers can be seen in Daniel's Etsy shop, Kenjio. He describes the sculptures as a "reflection of the contemplation of new knowledge." Something tells me Daniel is speaking from personal experience considering his degree interests!
If you have a moment, I think you'll enjoy this short video in which he explains his process and demonstrates altering a book.
If you have a moment, I think you'll enjoy this short video in which he explains his process and demonstrates altering a book.
So very creative ! The video and his etsy shop both so amazing. My favourite would be the folded tree.
ReplyDeleteWow! The video was way too short, I could watch him demo all day! Such talent as shown in his Etsy store. Love the blue book sculpture. Thanks Ann for a fab find :)
ReplyDelete~Molly
So neat!
ReplyDeleteI took an old book and glued the pages like that... (oy, don't know the technical paper-artist term!) and I use it to hold business cards and notes on my desk!
Marvelous work. I agree with Molly; I wanted to see more in the video. I like how attentive he is to how the books are printed and how they "speak" to him. He has a wonderfully intuitive sense of composition.
ReplyDeleteHis glass work is also worth a look. Glad I visited the Etsy page, too.
very creative!!!
ReplyDeletea wonderful creation, I love it!
ReplyDeleteGreetings Baukje
So cool! I wonder if he needs anymore books. I happen to have uncovered a few more boxes of them...
ReplyDeleteso clever! thanks for sharing. i saw it less as a tree and more as angel wings at first, but i see the tree now. very cute.
ReplyDeleteLovely book art, I guess everyone tried out the folded paper back in school days....but I never thought it would actually look so nice!
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