tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3480715253089219522024-03-14T03:44:40.462+08:00Tim BuddenA medley of diverting discussions on all things art but most of all silk & paper cuttings.Tim Buddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167612998109504906noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-42907806147072254882013-06-03T08:57:00.001+08:002013-06-03T08:57:17.576+08:00SheMe cafe - Butterfly Creation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the SheMe café in Taipei. In
Chinese its name means ‘Harvesting Rice’. It’s an old rice barn with a café
built within its walls that has only been partially restored leaving bare
concrete walls and gaps in the walls allowing sunlight and air to move freely
in and around the space. This creates a space that is raw and natural.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In December I was invited to create a piece for the café. I wanted to create an artwork that fitted the very distinct atmosphere of this old rice barn</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As soon as I saw this wall I knew I wanted
to create an artwork for it. The light, colors and texture make this wall
special. I wanted the breezes to gently blow the artwork and the sunlight to
create flickering shadows on the walls. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The design I chose is based on a papercut I
did a few years ago based on an experience of encountering butterflies gliding
in the mists of a high mountain peak.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here’s the artwork hanging in the studio.
The cut itself is sandwiched between layers of fragile handmade paper that
contrast with the solidity of the hard, thick heavy walls.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here’s the piece hanging in the café by day...</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and by night…. notice the sunburst effect
of the light shining on the wall.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I enjoyed the feeling as an artist of making a piece of work that directly relates to the environment in which it is located.</span></div>
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<br />Tim Buddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167612998109504906noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-7222676608547842522013-03-19T09:42:00.001+08:002013-03-19T09:42:31.746+08:00Lantern Project
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was commissioned to create a lantern for Chinese New
Year by Suho Paper Museum.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It took several weeks to design… one of the biggest designs
I’ve ever done! I drew and re-drew the design several times until I was happy.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I decided to wrap it around a round paper lightshade. Here I
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I traced the design onto the back of the silk paper I like to use. I cut
two layers of silk paper at the same time…. and boy it took a long time to cut!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I mean a long time! (note the coffee mug on the art work!!!)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I tried a number of variations mounting the lantern. I offset the two layers to give a a shadow effect.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hanging in the studio during the final stages. Almost done... Phew!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is the finished lantern hanging in one of the beautifully
restored buildings of Bo Pi Liao in the Wanhua district of Taipei.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It'll be on display until the end of March 2013. After that it will be going to a private collection.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Butterflies are curious creatures. Do they have any sense of
their previous existence as munching, crunching, gobbling caterpillars I
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some new painted Butterfly paper cuttings approx A3 in size.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These new butterfly paper cuttings incorporate the elements
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Earth</b> is where they come from and ultimately where they return to
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each of these Elemental Paper Cut Butterflies represents a different
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Water Butterf</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ly</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Earth and Fire dancing together</b> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are more to come!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Inspiration comes to me in all kinds of shapes, forms and experiences. So what’s inspiring me at the moment? Well, I was lucky enough to travel down the East coast of Taiwan for a couple of days. A walk to a waterfall where monkeys played in the trees brought me to a beautiful place where there were many butterflies fluttering around oblivious to the rain. There was the
butterfly wing I found lying quite beautifully on the ground.</span> </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then there’s the urban side of things, here in Taipei. A
three-day festival for a god (or gods) has just finished in a nearby street.
All kinds of noises echoed round the neighbourhood – firecrackers, horns, brass
bands, karaoke and plenty of gongs.
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While at night the nightriders race their souped up bikes along the streets near here. Could they possibly be doing this!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m not sure how all these things will enter my work but
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imagery and mixing them all together. Then they start to make all kinds of weird and wonderful connections. Images fuse together and I get an idea for a drawing. I’ll let you know what
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Butterfly effect is the idea that a <span style="color: windowtext;">butterfly</span>‘s
wings create a small change in the air around them. This causes a chain of
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we think that the things we do have as little effect as the fluttering of a
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This silk paper cutting was cut in 2009 and is currently on show at Suho Paper Museum in Taipei.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The museum provided a corner where visitors could make their own paper cuts and display them. So far there are more than a hundred made by young and old alike. Fantastic!</span><br />
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by the water, so they’re trying to escape by clinging to a rocket as it shoots
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This paper cut along with many others of mine is currently on display at the Suho Paper museum in Taipei. More on that next time!</span></div>
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<br /></div>Tim Buddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167612998109504906noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-28484492928802565752012-01-06T19:42:00.002+08:002012-01-06T19:44:12.835+08:00 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m sitting looking out of the window. It’s raining and when
it rains, here in Taipei, it sometimes doesn’t stop! This means the roads get very wet and in parts it’s like a
flood. But this doesn’t deter the bikers who drive as crazily as ever… until…
that is… they collide with another scooter and come to grief in a large puddle of
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a series of silk paper cuts that focus on a more irreverent look at my life in
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This silk paper cut along with many others will be in my upcoming show. Details below.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">January Art News:- I'm starting off 2012 with an Artist in Residency at the Taipei European School. I'll be working with the Year 9's on a project to celebrate Chinese Lantern Festival.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've also got a one man show opening on Friday January 13th. Unlucky for some (but not for me I hope!). It's at the <a href="http://www.suhopaper.org.tw/">Suho</a> paper Museum in Taipei. </span>Tim Buddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167612998109504906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-8899209250666713322011-12-16T11:46:00.000+08:002011-12-16T11:46:59.912+08:00Earth star<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Approx 80cm in diameter <span lang="EN-GB">this
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This piece along with four others from this recent series of paper cuttings will be exhibited in January and February of next year in Taipei.... but more on that nearer the time.</span></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div>Tim Buddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167612998109504906noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-63707074733178183052011-11-15T11:37:00.001+08:002011-11-15T11:52:14.303+08:00Rhizosphere<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here’s a new painted
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<br />Tim Buddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167612998109504906noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-14786996034744086652011-10-20T19:27:00.000+08:002011-10-20T19:27:42.880+08:00Details, details, details<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some details from five of my recent paper cuttings. These organic 'clumps' contain a variety of life. The most identifiable being butterflies. Are the butterflies the king of the clumps or are they trapped in these organic webs. These paper cut outs are about a shadowy world full of secrets and surprises.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A detail from of the work featured in my previous post, Pink Mist. Can you spot the butterfly in the shadow?</span><br />
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experimental paintings with the most excellent Thomas Ebele. His working
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Tim Buddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167612998109504906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-15419230463693927592011-09-16T11:03:00.007+08:002011-09-16T11:29:05.097+08:00Summer paper cutting workshop<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">During the summer I was lucky enough to be invited to do a 1.5 day paper cutting workshop for children at Taipei's <a href="http://www.mocataipei.org.tw/blog">Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PgFTMeylnFw/TnK-nk08qJI/AAAAAAAAAzs/BEvsiBlNSOs/s320/MOCA%2B1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652790069413324946" /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">The kids had lots of fun (I hope!) making all kinds of interesting and fun cuts.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">We designed and cut beautiful butterflies,</span></div><div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CqOx5U6hQuI/TnK-naq06-I/AAAAAAAAAzk/8b6ACs7Zq1k/s320/MOCA%2B2b.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652790066686520290" /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T0N_jujdqXs/TnK-nJXTuZI/AAAAAAAAAzc/C5oUhpPEG1U/s320/MOCA%2B3b.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652790062041250194" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Our own cartoon characters,</span></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mgn6BQH8VFQ/TnK-mzec5wI/AAAAAAAAAzU/ZtAhUMpOlF8/s320/MOCA%2B4.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652790056165631746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">And paper chains.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V4BnPdNnm7c/TnK96aWqe2I/AAAAAAAAAzM/qpC2p-oMtW8/s320/MOCA%2B5.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652789293507836770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 228px; " /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">What did we do with all the paper scraps? - we decorated masks!</span></div><div><br /></div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H2LGyHDwnVM/TnK96En7_aI/AAAAAAAAAzE/H33fAeT-_Bo/s320/MOCA%2B6.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652789287674707362" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /><div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">The kids' imagination and skills were fantastic and it's amazing how it all feeds into my own artwork. Great Fun! and Great Learning!</span></div>Tim Buddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167612998109504906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-15276054728696259032011-08-14T22:40:00.009+08:002011-08-14T23:32:10.513+08:00Kirie of the World 2011<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Keeping a blog is much harder than it seems. Putting up interesting posts regularly requires the writer to be disciplined and focused. Unfortunately at the moment I am neither!! Must be the summer blues! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Now back to my silk paper cutting art. Currently I am exhibiting with 7 other paper cutting artists in ‘Kirie (paper cutting) of the world’ at the Fujikawa museum in Japan’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;">
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<br /></div></div></div>Tim Buddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167612998109504906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-756764331428774412011-06-16T14:38:00.005+08:002011-06-16T14:52:06.492+08:00Nature Studies<div style="text-align: center;"><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Here are some new paper cuts I’ve been working on recently. Although still paper cuts they show a very new direction. I am looking for a freer, more spontaneous and abstract way to create. The inspiration for these new cuts were the natural patterns, shapes and colours found in the skeletal remains of leaves, soft moist green mosses, hard craggy worn rocks and the tiny animals that live within. </span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Blue Butterfly (73cm diameter): Search carefully for the tiny blue butterfly making its way around a sinewy forest. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 284px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KZqhSMy0oOo/TfmnCplXGII/AAAAAAAAAx4/lMPKMK3mJSA/s320/Blue%2BButterfly.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618705674085537922" /> <!--EndFragment--> </div><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Natural green</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> (73cm diameter)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">: Lush green moist moss</span></span></p></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-elB1324poQ4/TfmmOeeH8eI/AAAAAAAAAxw/wK1SUpTGMoY/s320/Natural%2BGreen.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618704777749197282" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Detail</div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SSRJ1FN2aRU/TfmmOOGhw4I/AAAAAAAAAxo/EmABdPrH0oM/s1600/Natural%2BGreen%2Bdetail%2B1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SSRJ1FN2aRU/TfmmOOGhw4I/AAAAAAAAAxo/EmABdPrH0oM/s320/Natural%2BGreen%2Bdetail%2B1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618704773355258754" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Purple Beetle (73cm diameter): A skeletal leaf was the inspiration for this one. I exaggerated the shapes and colours and added the remains of a few butterflies. The Purple Beetle is in there somewhere, too. Look carefully and you’ll find it!</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rrvh76CSd6A/TfmlqX9hC_I/AAAAAAAAAxg/5-LUVFzvXuQ/s320/Purple%2BBeetle.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618704157526526962" /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Detail</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M7EdGcPNM0Q/Tfmlp3BbbxI/AAAAAAAAAxY/J72-Ld8XcsU/s320/Purple%2BBeetle%2Bdetail.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618704148684566290" /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>Tim Buddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167612998109504906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-40128701285450789502011-06-01T10:34:00.006+08:002011-06-01T10:56:20.470+08:00Talks and Workshops<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><span lang="EN-US" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">R</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ecently I’ve given talks and workshops about my silk paper cuttings. One was at ARC (a meeting place/ restaurant) where I gave a speech to a group of Taiwanese designers / cutters / art lovers. The feedback was good and fun was had by all. Surprisingly no one fell asleep!</span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here's me introducing my work and making shadows.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 282px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ebll4-XAy_w/TeWoRQUCk4I/AAAAAAAAAxM/-PXzfFfFQO0/s320/189904_183316665044332_141785965864069_438482_2132565_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613077524977456002" /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">Designer, Ben, asks a question.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-69YIP100Z_Y/TeWoRK-4HdI/AAAAAAAAAxE/MthPtP8DP64/s320/190228_183316825044316_141785965864069_438489_4916683_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613077523546512850" /> <!--EndFragment--> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A local TV news programme did a feature on me for the lifestyle section of their show. It was a kind of ‘day in the life of’. I took them to my art shop, places that inspire me and even to one of my favorite restaurants.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here we are in the artshop where I buy my silk. Standing next to me is the owner, John, who introduced me to silk paper many years ago.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x0oT53dHpJM/TeWnlhAd26I/AAAAAAAAAw8/hv-TDDXArPg/s320/TTV.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613076773544516514" /> <!--EndFragment--> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I also did two workshops at ARC – one for kids and one for adults. Both took the theme of paper cutting as a way to tell stories about ourselves. Fantastic paper</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> cuts were created and I think everyone had a good time… I hope! </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">n the Kids’ workshop we cut symetrical figures based on an important experience moment in our lives, e.g. one was about learning to ride a skateboard.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 260px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Cc9b6UPV-5k/TeWljkupzfI/AAAAAAAAAw0/o4t6-7E_7ws/s320/Tim%2527s%2BKids%2BWorkshop%2B%2B%2B.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613074541160549874" /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 16pt; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 16pt; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 16pt; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">n the Adults’ work</span></span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi- ;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">shop we focused on round symmetrical cu</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi- ;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">ts that told stories. This workshop was as much about designing the architecture of the work as it was about telling the story.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi- ;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KJxCMgnN2ro/TeWljYbAx-I/AAAAAAAAAws/vslxbMuNQzQ/s320/adult%2Bwkshp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613074537856944098" /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi- ;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi- ;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p> <!--EndFragment-->Tim Buddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167612998109504906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-34955274854771953292011-04-07T10:41:00.006+08:002011-04-07T11:20:10.143+08:00Typhoon Tales<div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here's the newest piece from my recent show. Entitled 'Typhoon tales' it is cut into a 2m long silk paper scroll and displayed on a black paper background. Photographing such a strong red is frustratingly difficult so the photos don’t show the real colour.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-mso-bidi-font-style: italicfont-family:Arial;font-size:14.0pt;color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OyQ_YPOcx6w/TZ0n1rBWB3I/AAAAAAAAAwk/JhgHKTJ1FCw/s320/5%2BDancing%2BBoys%2B%25282%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592670115298936690" /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-mso-bidi-font-style: italicfont-family:Arial;font-size:14.0pt;color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 16pt; "><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A</span></span><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">s an expat living in Taiwan two things I'm aware of are the abundance of motorbikes and the annual typhoons. Local TV news crews rush out to the windiest, stormiest point and foolish reporters try to file their live reports. They stand in the howling wind and rain, clinging to some inanimate object while holding a microphone. Their reports always state the obvious, “It’s windy here and the rain is heavy.” </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-mso-bidi-font-style: italicfont-family:Arial;font-size:14.0pt;color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-76HOuJwVtSo/TZ0n1fOjDhI/AAAAAAAAAwc/2i4js3Xu1Fg/s320/4%2Btyphoon.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592670112133090834" /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 16pt; "><span style=" font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-mso-bidi-font-style: italicfont-family:Arial;font-size:14.0pt;color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 16pt; "><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The other thing news crews do is to film other people out in the storm and they’ll always manage to find motorcyclists battling the winds and inevitably being blown off or getting stuck in floods. My question is why go out in such bloody awful weather on a motorbike? </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-mso-bidi-font-style: italicfont-family:Arial;font-size:14.0pt;color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-mso-bidi-font-style: italicfont-family:Arial;font-size:14.0pt;color:#333333;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1O-vYVIoz-Q/TZ0n1LPs8oI/AAAAAAAAAwU/0aU4BBv5bjY/s320/3%2Btyphoon.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592670106769224322" /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 16pt; "><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In this silk paper cut my dancing boys fear no storm, but even they are beaten by the mighty typhoon as they get swept along in the wind, rain and flood.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 16pt; "><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9DSdfrBrPUE/TZ0n0uUUN8I/AAAAAAAAAwM/oGU66Dbsk54/s320/2%2Btyphoon.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592670099003946946" /></div><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 16pt; "><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here's one of the preliminary sketches. I spent a long, long time on the design process making sure that everything would hang together and not collapse. Papercutting is as much about the ‘architecture’ of the piece as well as the image. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 207px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sEX8zAU_E2Y/TZ0n0c2XAwI/AAAAAAAAAwE/K6L0glowR_8/s320/1%2Btyphoon.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592670094314898178" /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Tim Buddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167612998109504906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-7591420196931213312011-04-04T11:27:00.007+08:002011-04-04T11:55:37.116+08:00New Show!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I’ve always admired those artists who can keep a regular blog. I, on the other hand find it hard at times to write – Maybe it’s because of the solitary lifestyle of the artist or maybe it’s laziness or not having anything to say.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I suppose my 3 month hiatus includes all of the above and more!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">2011 is looking to be busy (but not yet busy enough to give up the day job!) I have my first major overseas exposure in Japan, which is exciting while my Taipei show will include children and adult workshops. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Taipei Tales,</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/arcpub"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ARC</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, Taipei, Taiwan<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:16.0pt; mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">April 2</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">nd</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> – 30</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; 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"><i><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here’s the opening party for the ARC show. The press were on hand (I wasn’t expecting that!). Click </span><a href="http://www.udn.com/2011/4/3/NEWS/READING/REA8/6251373.shtml"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> to see a video and article in Chinese.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-67_nB7sLbt4/TZk-MqmzbkI/AAAAAAAAAvk/7tT4_dI_FNE/s400/press%2Bconference%2B2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591568799673577026" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8Ng6_KLZJDM/TZk-MTLu1DI/AAAAAAAAAvU/WSOqBtX6SWo/s400/Press%2Bconference.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591568793386013746" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gyo5u0ZDo_Y/TZk-MYsxCWI/AAAAAAAAAvc/6_-svh8K8pg/s400/The%2Bartist%2Bcutting.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591568794866747746" /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The centrepieces of the show were two x 2m cut silk scrolls. One was a reworking of a previous piece called Boom Boom Vroom! and the other was ‘Typhoon Tales’. Both involve my 'Daniel Dangerous Dancing Boy' characters as they get into all kinds of mischief on their scooters. I’ll write more about them in the next post<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 16pt; "><i><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Typhoon Tales</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" mso-bidi-;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 121px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HhtN4XCXCWo/TZk9cbeTpNI/AAAAAAAAAvM/x8ix5rQSQQc/s400/Dancing%2BBoys%2B%25284%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591567970977686738" /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Boom! Boom! Vroom!</span></span></i></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BGMsfrXTaX4/TZk9bzIX5UI/AAAAAAAAAvE/CZyC6RG3KM4/s400/Dancing%2BBoys%2B%25282%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591567960148272450" /> <!--EndFragment-->Tim Buddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167612998109504906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-69686374594253294422010-12-24T12:40:00.005+08:002013-03-15T20:34:50.879+08:00The Angel of Christmas<div style="text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">F</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">irst of all, Merry Xmas and a prosperous new year to all of you who visit my blog. It's always good to know there's someone out there looking at my work while I'm hidden away in my little studio!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A friend, who has decided to devote herself to rediscovering her spiritual self, commissioned this silk paper cut, entitled ‘Angel’. Influenced by Shamanism she asked for very specific images to be included in the work.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Here, she is wearing traditional Chinese clothes which are richly embroidered with symbolic imagery. On the front is a stylized rose which represents loving with courage.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">As the Angel rises into the sky, she is surrounded by four ducks, which are her ‘Power animal’. These birds inhabit land, water and air and are her soul guides.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">On another note I'd like to say t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">hanks to the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Online Graphic Design Degree </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">for honouring me (along with a select group of other origami and paper cutting artists) the... </span></span></div>
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Tim Buddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167612998109504906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-73027070718870893112010-11-01T08:56:00.003+08:002010-11-01T09:17:16.642+08:00Doodling!<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; ">After I finish cutting a silk paper cut I’m always left with thousands of beautifully shaped pieces of silk.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 241px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/TM4SnIP-fPI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/QmTz8YmTMiI/s400/1+doodle+froth+1010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534381455523609842" /><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I collect and keep them - boxes and boxes of beautiful scraps, the result of years of paper cutting. </span></span></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/TM4SmuwadjI/AAAAAAAAAuI/TTtoPac2YHo/s400/2+doodle+froth+face.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534381448680338994" /><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Every now and then I start gluing them onto coloured paper, sketch books, wooden bowls, in fact anything I can get my hands on.</span></span></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 269px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/TM4SmfwqNcI/AAAAAAAAAuA/ol0wFxMZwXE/s400/3doodle+froth+snake.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534381444654839234" /><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I just let the scraps determine the shapes thus the title ‘Doodling’.</span></span></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/TM4Slub5z5I/AAAAAAAAAt4/fulfb6r_1W0/s400/4+doodle+square.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534381431414443922" /><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">But now I look at them I see all manner of images. What can you see?</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 352px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/TM4SlZMpV9I/AAAAAAAAAtw/a6NFc5sCvmg/s400/5+alphabet+A.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534381425713305554" /> <!--EndFragment-->Tim Buddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167612998109504906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-8424738393807598852010-10-04T22:12:00.004+08:002010-10-04T22:24:24.252+08:00Klompen Blog aka Clog Blog<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I have just completed an art charity project to aid children in Maolin township in the south of Taiwan. This was the area devastated by typhoons last year. 70 artists were each given a pair of traditional wooden clogs and asked to decorate them in any way they wanted.</span></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/TKnhmoPHS4I/AAAAAAAAAto/YX8quIJsb1o/s400/Pic1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524194471698713474" /><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here are my clogs or klompen. I tried to create a feeling of movement, like water or air. I wanted this to flow around the clogs. If you look carefully you will find several butterflies and beetles. These little creatures are full of life and beauty, just like children. They are curious and a little naughty!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/TKnhmPpW3BI/AAAAAAAAAtg/EimfejEHde8/s400/Pic2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524194465097899026" /><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It was a perfect opportunity to use all the silk paper scraps I have left over from my cuts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/TKnhl6aZMZI/AAAAAAAAAtY/DU9WUeEwcg4/s400/Pic3.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524194459397992850" /><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The clogs will all be exhibited before being auctioned off, but to tell the truth I have no idea where or when!</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/TKnhldls0SI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/fh-4mQmXr5E/s400/Pic4.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524194451660788002" /> <!--EndFragment-->Tim Buddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167612998109504906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-58329789397687029052010-09-06T13:26:00.004+08:002010-09-06T13:36:04.099+08:00Butterfly Flow Opening<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/TIR9OG2eOHI/AAAAAAAAAtA/AdcD97NI-9k/s1600/DSC01752.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/TIR9OG2eOHI/AAAAAAAAAtA/AdcD97NI-9k/s400/DSC01752.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513669525119055986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Thanks to all who came to the opening party for my show, ‘Butterfly Flow’. I think everyone had fun! I know I did. It was nice to catch up with friends from all aspects of my life and to meet new admirers of my work.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/TIR8i3r2_zI/AAAAAAAAAs4/d9U0UwrZM4k/s400/DSC01806.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513668782313635634" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/TIR8iU6W8-I/AAAAAAAAAsw/oRCmDqTKvpE/s400/DSC01809.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513668772979209186" /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/TIR8h4AUjUI/AAAAAAAAAso/rwJp7Da3F3I/s400/DSC01811.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513668765219589442" /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">It’s always difficult keeping up the momentum once a show is up as it’s such an exhausting process getting everything ready. Luckily I’ve got a few commissions to keep me busy, but more of that later.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Tim Buddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167612998109504906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-75262838742618429632010-09-03T16:47:00.004+08:002010-09-03T17:25:44.801+08:00Butterfly Blast!<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This 100cmx100cm silk paper cut is the biggest and most detailed thing I’ve ever cut. Entitled ‘Butterfly Blast!' here is the piece at my current <a href="http://www.facebook.com/piaopiaogallery">show</a>. The daybed is where the owner treats customers to tea. </span></span><o:p></o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cut into a 230 x 100cm silk paper scroll the piece ca</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">n be used as a wall hanging or a screen.</span></span></p> <img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/TIC4rXEpLkI/AAAAAAAAAsg/CumVPRadLR0/s400/1BB8.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512608998968864322" /><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Butterfly Blast! shows many butterflies in a woodland setting. The Butterflies are arguing, bickering, fighting, pestering, pushing and pulling. What is it that they’re fighting about? The answer is simple - they’ve forgotten! Now it’s become a habit that they’ve got used to. In fact it’s become a ritual dance!</span></span></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/TIC4qy3bCEI/AAAAAAAAAsY/uD5kGl5nlWE/s400/2BB6.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512608989249734722" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Gently moving shadows make it seem the butterflies are flitting.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/TIC25R0RyBI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/7VxT1THE6O4/s400/3BB5.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512607039052957714" /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The chaotic energy of the whole piece</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 376px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/TIC243fojKI/AAAAAAAAAsI/eutLs6qnv1E/s400/4DSC01554_2_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512607031987047586" /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A detail.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 376px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/TIC24NgxWzI/AAAAAAAAAsA/DQQxAliIS_M/s400/5DSC01551.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512607020717529906" /></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Tim Buddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167612998109504906noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-54550847853903976032010-08-27T22:46:00.010+08:002010-08-27T23:14:35.121+08:00'Butterfly Flow' show<div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My new show, ‘Butterfly Flow’ is starting next week (Aug 31</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">st</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> – Sept 19</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">) at the Piao Piao Gallery at 63-1, Yong Kang St. Taipei. This gallery is in the heart of a vibrant district of eateries, bars, antique shops and galleries. I love this area! </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For more info on the gallery and the address in Chinese go </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/piaopiaogallery"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></p> <img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/THfSeh-GjII/AAAAAAAAAr4/Q-38mpP_uzA/s400/45533_465957940428_314685370428_7031865_2204155_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510104091067845762" /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">If you’re in town on Sept 4</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> please come along to the opening party starting at 7pm. Hope to see you there!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">One of the newer silk paper cuts on display is the latest in my series of circular works entitled ‘Jagged Waves’. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"> </span></p></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/THfRyUZVqqI/AAAAAAAAArw/lZVAfIbnzpc/s1600/45533_465957940428_314685370428_7031865_2204155_n.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/THfRyUZVqqI/AAAAAAAAArw/lZVAfIbnzpc/s1600/45533_465957940428_314685370428_7031865_2204155_n.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><u></u></span></span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 316px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/THfRLDXDh-I/AAAAAAAAAro/EuXWXBTeLNc/s320/DSC00458.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510102656921864162" /> <!--EndFragment--> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Waves crash against defiantly jagged rocks creating a rugged razor sharp surface. Higher up in the rocks plants and flowers cling to the surface immune to the salty spray around them.</span><span> </span></span></div><div><span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/THfRKuo1AII/AAAAAAAAArg/7Yd0-xn3WF0/s1600/DSC01110.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/THfRKuo1AII/AAAAAAAAArg/7Yd0-xn3WF0/s320/DSC01110.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510102651359264898" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The waves twisting and turning</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/THfRJ6_x07I/AAAAAAAAArY/Nj5bDw0e5lc/s1600/DSC01141.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/THfRJ6_x07I/AAAAAAAAArY/Nj5bDw0e5lc/s320/DSC01141.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510102637496882098" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The swirls and eddies of water</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/THfQQsDeIXI/AAAAAAAAArQ/Rq510PFypVQ/s1600/DSC01154.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/THfQQsDeIXI/AAAAAAAAArQ/Rq510PFypVQ/s320/DSC01154.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510101654233293170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Some flowers</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/THfQPxf0v7I/AAAAAAAAArI/3DAc1pweQSU/s1600/DSC01167.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jY4ul3Oxt3c/THfQPxf0v7I/AAAAAAAAArI/3DAc1pweQSU/s320/DSC01167.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510101638514524082" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Tim Buddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167612998109504906noreply@blogger.com1