WANDER / RETRUN

The children wander, wearing clothes made by their mother.
The mother sews, hoping to see the children's return.

Hymn of the Traveller by Meng Jiao
(translated by Chris Pereira)

Threads adeptly brandished by a loving mother,
sewed into garments for a son so soon to depart.

Her sewing picks up pace as the date approaches,
worries of belated return echoing in her heart.

Who dare claim that the green grass
might somehow repay the sun for its warm hearth?

Note: warmth of the sun and green grass is a metaphor in traditional Chinese literature, to describe the love and care parents give to their children.

HOLD

Mixed Portland Cement, a material of no form, takes the form of the object that holds it.
Recently, I received a cactus from my friend, I want to make a little pot to hold it.

LONG

Experience Mt. Fuji at a cold rainy summer night.

TOUCH

Two hands touching each other; they could be from the same person, or from two different individuals. When they were made, they were made separately with two separate molds, therefore the two hands were not touching each other until they are "mature" enough to keep their own forms.

A touch can be mild, but sometimes it can also be brutal. The more I touch these hands, the more broken they become.

Softening a piece of paper

9/2/2014

First hands-on task!

Make the piece of paper as soft as possible!

step 1: crumpling, de-crumpling, rubbing, re-crumpling.

step 2: repeat step 1.

step 3: repeat step 2 until you reach the result you like.

step 4: de-crumple!