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I carved two birds this weekend!! This is the first time I tried to carve on linoleum block. I had a lot of fun!
Now I'm thinking maybe I should try to carve with wood block!!....I want this woodblock printing kit!!

how's your weekend??



Tomorrow is Chinese new year!! I made some turnip rice cakes for tonight. I knew I probably can find some decent ones in Chinese super market here, but I just missed so much the events/activities/traditions we would do in Taiwan. Specially those ridiculously loud firecrackers which we light on the Chinese new year's eve to get rid of the monster年獸(bad luck).


Happy Chinese new year !!

My daily life suddenly is overflowed with unexpected work lately..... But ALL I'm thinking now is about spring scarves and shawls...........



something like the new collection from humanoid




this one



and this one......


or some of khadi shawls??
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I will be back with more posts about the show from last weekend and hopefully
I will be able to put some of new prints in the shop as well.


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Tinlark gallery _Crossroads of the world












Saelee Oh's sweetest murals are all over the place.....






Two days before the opening




Tanya is installing her textile piece.



and I love the felt stones she made!!




My pieces are all ready to go on the wall now.



Souther salazar 's little men and balloons.

and of course you know there are more to see......................... .....................

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rabbit is making mochi on the moon
This is the one of my favorite story about moon.
The Chinese version of rabbit in the moon story.

11X15 gocco screen print on arches 88. editions of12
see it bigger here.

I did six new prints (six night tales) for the upcoming group show in Tinlark gallery.
Please join us this Saturday for the opening reception and gallery's 2nd anniversary party.

read the press here!!

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Will be back with more pictures and stories of the new prints!!

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After a good Sunday breakfast, I made Chinese steamed buns, called 花捲 (flower twist)/ Hua Juan.

Recipe from here. ( I forgot to put the oil in the dough, but they are still very tasty. I didn't add as much yeast as it said in the recipe, I just don't like the taste of yeast. ). I also tried to bake some of them. They turned out good too. Yummy!! I guess they can be different kind of forms. There are some similar buns in different forms and they all have their own names. I might make more of them but try different kind of forms or adding stuffing ( like red beans). But, Trust me! The twisting part is like crafting.......... unexpectedly & surprisingly fun to make.










I also like the twisted yarns!!




I made some belated holidays' gifts for friends.




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Barry McGee is the best!!

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darkness+faded memories + story of rabbit and moon.
I have been working on new prints for my second group show.
It's almost done. I will be back soon.

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>triangle fantasy

Happy new year!



The first day of 2009 was cold. It's nice because it's more like a real winter. "cold and humid."
We didn't do anything special for new year's eve so I baked cheese cake in the morning. Just needed some heat from the oven and also some fresh lemon zest aroma to start the first day of this year.
Also made cheery jam for the cake. ( I added some bourbon)

p.s.
I found this spider web in our front yard when we were running around and trying to deal with our old sewer line in the first day of 2009. (yes, it's clogged again) . It's life. When you were a bit desperate and you found something really simple and nice in front of you and it immediately comforts you........... for seconds you can totally forgot what's in your head and run back to house to get the camera..











I didn't have time to take breaks for this long weekend. But no complaints....
so below is sneak peak of what I've been busy lately.....
soon I will be able to talk more about this!




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Amy from pikaland interviewed me. Thanks a lot, Amy!!

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