Portfolio
LU DAI
ILLUSTRATION & OTHER PRACTICE
CONTENTS 1 ILLUSTRATION 2 MOVING GALLERY 3 PRINTMAKING 4 LACQUER PAINTING 5 LIVE IN THE MOMENT DAI LU
6 A BITE OF BOOK
die748@qq.com 09/2010 - 07/2014 Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Major: Craft and Design in Art Education Department http://www.douban.com/people/diezzy/photos
7 SKETCH IN YUNNAN 8 CERAMIC WORK
Part 1
ILLUSTRATION Part Introduction The illustration works in this part are selected from my daily practice and courseworks. My illustration could reflect my imagination world where everything is totally different there.
MOON I We are staring at you while you are staring at the moon. This is the world full of curious coincidences. Size: A4 Colored Pencil, Photoshop Date: Oct, 2012
MOON II I still remember your eyes only because your glance through the crowded people. To me, your look is like a torch.
CREATURES Size: A4 Date: Feb, 2012
Size: A4 Colored Pencil, Photoshop Date: Oct, 2012
Part One
ILLUSTRATION
01/02
MOON III Hush! Please do not tell the others that we have planted a moon here! I could not wait to see the harvest. Size: A4 Colored Pencil, Photoshop Date: Oct, 2012
MOON III In my dream, I was travelling to the moon with you. The bright moon light led our way. Size: A4 Colored Pencil, Photoshop Date: Oct, 2012
THE GIRL
She is a quiet girl, wearing the clothes in the period of Republic of China. Her age is as precious as the gem stones around her.
Size: A4 Watercolor Date: Feb, 2013 Part One
ILLUSTRATION
03/04
LAYERS OF DREAM
WATER & SKY
Through the moon and the stars, through the sun and the clouds, we are in pursuit of the most precious things from deep in our hearts.
The calm water reflects the colorful sky, presenting the world the peaceful scenery. In this work, I tried the brushes of Van Gogh.
Size: A4 Watercolor Date: Dec, 2013
Size: A4 Watercolor Date: Jan, 2012
WORLD UNDER WATER In the morning, the bright sunlight is
shining into the deep sea in the colorful under water world.
Size: A4 Watercolor Date: Jan, 2013 Part One
ILLUSTRATION
05/06
URBAN SCENERY
URBAN SCENERY
Size: A4 Watercolor, Colored Pencil Date: Oct, 2010
Size: A4 Each Watercolor, Colored Pencil Date: Oct, 2010
Part One
ILLUSTRATION
07/08
FANCY FOOD FANCY FOOD
I tried all the bread in “bread talk” and record each one with my sketchbook. published in Southern Metropolitan Daily
Size: A4 Sketchbook Colored Pencil Date: Jan, 2014
Size: A4 Sketchbook Colored Pencil Date: May, 2014 published in Southern Metropolitan Daily
Part One
ILLUSTRATION
09/10
FANCY FOOD FANCY FOOD
This is the drawing of the making processes of the “Lopf Bread”. I experienced the whole processes of making the bread and drew them down in my sketchbook.
Size: A4 Sketchbook Colored Pencil Date: May, 2014
Part One
ILLUSTRATION
11/12
Part 2
MOVING GALLERY Part Introduction This work is my graduation project in my university. The “Moving Gallery” means that I would like to propose a new way of the exhibition of artworks.
IDEATION The initial idea is to place the artworks in the suitcase so that they could be carried and shown everywhere. Size: Letter Size Sketchbook Colored Pencil Date: May, 2014
MULTIPLE LAYERS PREFACE You will never enjoy your life if you choose to live inside a box. If you are so afraid of taking chances, how could you reach the top? In this project, I have put my feelings about the university.
The suitcase is not only the container of things, but also the carrier of the memories. Many people have the habit of collecting suitcases. So I decided to show multiple contents in different layers. Size: Letter Size Sketchbook Colored Pencil Date: May, 2014
Part Two
MOVING GALLERY 13/14
Hand Sketch Campus Map
Hand Sketch Shoes
ATTEMPTS
Suitcase Decoration
Decoration Balls
At the beginning, I tried some artworks that could be fitted and exhibited in the suitcase gallery including the campus map, the hand sketch shoes and the decoration balls.
LUMINOUS
Later, I added the luminous paint into the concept. As shown in the pictures above, in dark environment, it looks totally different.
Part Two
MOVING GALLERY 15/16
Painted Gloves
Painted Net
At last, I used the painted gloves and net to enhance the over all sense of the three dimensional space. Part Two
MOVING GALLERY 17/18
Final Effect
Final Effect
Possible Scenarios of the Moving Gallery The above photos show the other demostrations of the moving gallery. The different types of suitcases could be used for different types of artworks. As you can see, in the retro suitcase there are the painting works while in the plastic suitcase, the artworks are more modern.
Part Two
MOVING GALLERY 19/20
Part 3
PRINTMAKING Part Introduction Printmaking is a compulsory course in my third college year. Since I have a great interest in this art form, I made many printmaking works including silk screen.
FLOWER FALLS IN DREAMS Size: A4 Date: Jan, 2013
UNTITLED
UNTITLED
Size: 6.5x12 cm Date: Jan, 2013
Size: A4 Date: Jan, 2013
SLEEPING BOOK Size: 8 x 6.5 cm Date: Jan, 2013 Aug, 2013. Collected and displayed in the 3rd National Youth Bookplate & Small Printmaking Art Exhibition Nov, 2013. Displayed in the 15th National Bookplate and Small Printmaking Art Exhibition Part Three
PRINTMAKING 21/22
Part Three
SNOW FIELD
READING
In my imagination, there is a piece of snow field. At the moment, the pure and white snow is falling onto the wonderland.
Under the huge candle stick, a little man is sitting there, reading a book quietly.
Size: A4 Date: Jan, 2013
PRINTMAKING
Size: A4 Date: Jan, 2013
SERIES OF LOOKING FORWARD Size: A3 Date: Jan, 2013
In the center of each picture, a lonely car is going straight forward to the mountains and clouds. We do not know what it is looking for, what we know is that it is looking forward a better place far wawy. Part Three
PRINTMAKING 23/24
BACKACHE
HEAD UP The cat is sitting there by itself, watching up to the sky
In this series, I tried to use the exaggerated way of showing how painful it is. It seems that inside the back, there are the components like in a machine lack of maintenance.
with a confident look. Size: 7X10 cm Date: Jan, 2013
Size: 375x530 mm Date: Jan, 2013
Part Three
PRINTMAKING 25/26
Part 4
LACQUER PAINTING Part Introduction These might be the most experimental and radical works in this portfolio. In this part I tried to merge the paints together to create brand new color effects and textures and apply them in the products.
This photo shows the final works of this project. In the left, there are four paint attempts as the exploration. In the right, there are the final works that use the similar techniques.
CHAOS
SPROUT
SLACK
SEDIMENT
SOLIDIFY
I really enjoy the process of paint works. It is great fun to see the blending and changing of the paints.
Part Four
LACQUER PAINTING 27/28
NERVES ROAM
Disordered Planet Like a pool of vomit, an exploding garbage, a round island or a disordered planet full of rubbish, this is the first work of this series. The concept is simple, the planet is absorbing the garbages from the universe until it could not bear the quality and explode. In this piece of work, I modified it again and again like the absorbing and the final effect looks like the disordered planet.
In the picture, there are the floating characters, the textures of the nerves, the neural dendrites and the swimming goldenfish. The combination of red and black is mysterious and noble. However, the green spot in the center breaks the peace of it all.
Part Four
LACQUER PAINTING 29/30
GRYFFINDOR COLORS
The sky is dark blue and the earth is yellow, for the world comes into being under the chaotic state of ignorance. The inspiration is the status of my heart that in the endless chaos and muddledness.
COMB
I used the noble green as the base color and then painted it with golden color to give the comb a dazzling look. Hopefully, through this comb, I could tease all the madness and chaos in the previous paint works.
However, the scarlet and golden are the representitive colors of the Gryffindor. Please give me the sword of gryffindor to put an end.
Part Four
LACQUER PAINTING 31/32
BOX With the opening of the box, the pattern is opened too. In the box, there hides the inspiration and the source of dream. As for the patterns in the corner, a code combining is wating to be discovered.
Part Four
LACQUER PAINTING 33/34
Part 5
LIVE IN THE MOMENT Part Introduction I have always loved to read and touch books so I would like to make one of my own. The coursework of this selective course is to make one book that you like.
PREFACE
The draft sketch above was the first attampt of my portfolio according to the finished time of each work. But in the computer layout design process, I realized that this is not what I like. I thought that what if the book is the diary so that I could do anything I like.
The initial plan was to make a portfolio of my works to memorise the precious years of my university. I have the habit of keeping diary, therefore I would like to compose my portfolio in the form of dairy.
Part Five
LIVE IN THE MOMENT 35/36
THE MOMENTS
The mobile network has totally changed our life and I have kept my “diary� in the App called WeChat for a long time, so have my friends. I the last days of 2013, I drew each moment of my friends on cotton cloth. So I decided to record the days from the end of 2013 to the beginning of 2014 on the cloth, and wrap it into the envelop as the special book for me.
Part Five
LIVE IN THE MOMENT 37/38
THE MOMENTS This is the final “book” of the moments. The cover of it was proposed to be the icon of the App WeChat so that everyone would know that it is the physical version of the moments.
Part Five
LIVE IN THE MOMENT 39/40
Part 6
A BITE OF BOOK Part Introduction This project is an attampt of the materials and making processes. Our group chose the wheat flour as the raw material. My contrubition in the group was the concept generation and the making of the battercake-note book.
The battercake made of wheat flour is a very common food in China, especially in north China. But as part of the Chinese culture, it seems that the food has nothing to do with the culture.
SKETCH In the concept sketch, we proposed the possibilities like the & ATTEMPTS dictionary, painting album, bamboo slip and even the scroll. Later, we had some attempts to test the feasibility.
Part Six
A BITE OF BOOK 41/42
FINAL WORKS
ATTEMPTS
Compression moulding character.
Hand writing scroll.
Battercake notebook by me.
Steamed carven patterns.
Final works of my team members. Part Six
A BITE OF BOOK 43/44
Part 7
SKETCH IN YUNNAN Part Introduction This part is the collection of the sketch works and hand made lamp shade during my travelling to Yunnan Province which is know as the south of the coulds.
LANTERNS Size: A4 Watercolor Date: May, 2012
These are the sketches of the shapes and patterns of the hand made lanterns that I saw in Shangrila.
WELCOME TO PUPPET CAFE
The bartender wearing Tibetan clothes is greeting the guests. Size: A4 Watercolor Date: May, 2012 Part Seven
SKETCH IN YUNNAN 45/46
I drew the moments in Yunnan on the cloud-shaped hand made Dongba paper. Then the clouds were used as the shade of the lamp. This is what I like in the trip, I love painting and travelling freely.
These are the details of the paintings that reflect my impression about Yunnan and the patterns of Yunnan, they are my memories of the travelling.
Part Seven
SKETCH IN YUNNAN 47/48
Part 8
CERAMIC WORK Part Introduction The ceramic works in this part are the coursework in the year 2012. In that course I tried several methods and techniques to make the ceramic of my desire.
Part Eight
CERAMIC WORK 49/50
MELTING BOOK July 2013 3rd prize in the Competition of Works of Creative Reading in Reading Day Activity in Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 2013
Part Eight
CERAMIC WORK 51/52