I thought I'd answer some questions about my new artwork, "Bloom", that I see posted under George Takei Presents's video of my work. Also, welcome to everyone who's visiting this page for the first time! 🙂
1. "Why?"
This piece was commissioned by Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group in Macau, and is permanently displayed in their lobby lounge area. I really appreciate it when clients give me creative freedom to create commissioned pieces, and Mandarin Oriental was a great client throughout! The only request was that the piece had to have a lotus flower in it, so that was where my inspiration came from - flowers. I also wanted a piece that could technically last forever, so I chose to go back to good ol' acrylic paint for this piece. I thought it'd be interesting to create flowers - something very delicate and perishable - with a medium that could last for a long time.
2. "That is so much paint, it must have been so expensive. What paint did you use?"
I used acrylic paint (the brand "Golden" is the best imo, with a higher price tag) and I mixed it with stiffening paste. I bought it from a shop that sells these paste in bulk so using the paste and buying in bulk brought the cost down a lot (as opposed to using 100% acrylics - which was what I started off with at first. Too pricey!). I spent a lot of time experimenting with the consistency and trying out various pastes from all sorts of brands. That was the trickiest bit, and the materials weren't cheap! As art is my full-time job now, I would of course factor this into my total cost.
3. "How much paint did you use?"
About 60kilos of paste and paint. About 80-20 in ratio.
4. "How long did it take to dry?"
I made them in batches but on average the flowers took about 3 days to dry - fairly quick because I used acrylic paint. I experimented with oil and it took FOREVER (ok maybe not forever but definitely took more than a month!). The whole piece took two months from initial concept to delivery (on average that's how long each commission takes).
5. "Are you a baker?"
No, but my mum is, and I was inspired to do this when I saw her learning how to make buttercream flowers from a Korean baker early this year!
muah!
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