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images I make are linked to my childhood - my imagination and nightmares about
weird looking animals and monsters. I have included a self-portrait in most of
my works because these nightmare images are constantly spinning in my head, I
feel that they are closely related to me, and had even become a part of me. I
started working with ceramics when I first entered college. I used to take their
art for granted. But now, I know that my attitude towards art has changed tremendously
in the four years of my university life. I've always been looking for the meaning
of creativity, now I know that creativity is not restricted to those with talent
only; it is a process of seeing and reacting, one has to learn.
Often,
my thoughts of the images change while I am sculpting. I do not always sketch
my ideas out, as sketches disturb my hands from being spontaneous with the clay.
Thus, I work freely as I do not give myself restrictions. Good throwing comes
from a lot of hard work and practice. I consider my works surreal as I am very
much influenced by painters like Max Ernst and Joan Miro. I tend to drift into
another existence when I am sculpting my work. This is when I start to manipulate
my sculptures. I believe that my works are means of communication between others
and myself about my personal experience and emotion. It is also spiritual for
me as it somewhat conveys a message about another existence, in which I have been
interested since I was a child."

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