Kirribilli art and design market

I had a fantastic day in the Kirribili art and design market last Sunday. A big thank you to all the lovely customers for supporting my work. Armed with the cash that i got from the sale, I went straight back to my favorite Indian gemstone shop in the city the next day! Look at what i 've got.....




The Australian Opal is stunning and so is the smoky quartz. The chunky yellow tone green Jade is unreal. I have a good feeling about this batch of gemstones that i brought . I am sure i will get inspire by the nature's energy and made some beautiful work out of itI



Shagpile from sydney put up a treasury list of talented people from Sydney, down under. You should check out Shagpile's shop on Etsy, her handbag is amazing. My Desert flower is on the list as well, Yea! The desert flower earring is one my most loved item! It deserves a good spotlight.

My new business card

Last Friday was a stormy day in Sydney. We've been praying for rain and it finally bucketed down like there is no tommorrow. I was bored and decided to redesign my business card. It looks very graphic and trendy.... i think i like the look of it! While in the mist of my creativity, the phone rang and it was from Gabriel's (my five years old) school.......a mother's worse nightmare, i simply forgot to pick him up. I would never think of myself such an irresponsible mother, but it just happened.....
For the next few days or so, I kept revisiting the "Mummy forgot to picked you up!" event and asked for forgiveness. The whole excercise was to let him expressed his feeling ( worried, scared...) and not suppressed it. I just stopped short of asked him to draw about the whole event!



Anyway, to mend the broken trust, i found all this (knee) holes in his jeans and school pants, so i decided to simply hand stitch them back together.


I found the simple act of mending those holes was very healing to me.

Arctic light

Full of hope is what i feel after i finished this piece. Imagine a tiny flower in spring opening up its petals and the pollen is dancing up freely into the cold thin air in order to catch the mystic arctic light. A belief in the spiritual apprehension of truth that are beyond the intellect.

Eco Treehouse

I 've been surfing the net and found more treehouses. Living among nature is definitely my childhood dream! Here is more of the Eco Treehouse , enjoy and browse to your heart content!

silk and silver

I have been busy playing with new combination of materials. The later is the silk web earrings. I love the colour and the airy combination of two. The silk web earring is listed in my etsy shop right now. Since i have so much fun with my new found love-silk, I will keep experiment it futher....

Catch the sun in a Jar

This little beauty is definitely going to be in my X'mas wish list this year. What a beautiful and simple idea. Design by Tobias Wong at Suck UK Design . Or if you want to try your hand and made one yourself, follow the instruction here.

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan. They are here in Sydney and performing Wild Cursive in Sydney Opera House at the moment. They are my favourite dance company. They were the one that opened my heart and soul to art and life when i was a university student in Taiwan.

To quote a few:
“Dancing and calligraphy merged into a single art of motion… the glory of beauty itself.” New York Times

"Inspired by the art of calligraphy, internationally renowned choreographer, Lin Hwai-min, creates a beautiful blend of modern dance, tai chi and martial arts, as nineteen dancers evoke the rich aesthetic and vibrant energy of flowing ink." Sydney Opera House

“Stunning… Striking… Poetic.” New York Times

Sunset from our apartment

You just can not beat the beauty of sunset, especially when you can view it from your apartment. When a moment like this, I cannot stop but count my blessing and live in the "Now". Syndey sunset in a cold winter day, a joyful moment!

Tripod Cafe

The Trunk show in Cafe Tripod was a very good experience! I got people asking if Iwill be there all the time. I always have a fantasy of having a cafe shop with book shops and handmade stuff. This might turns out to be a dream comes true! Anyway, i will have my jewellery there once a month and start to source some hand made stuff....It is a very lovely local coffe shop run by a lovly lady Linda. I have my jewellery trunk show upstairs. I will post more photos on Flickre later this week!

Jewellery Trunk Show

I am going to have my first Jewellery trunk show in Tripod Cafe ( Abercombie St, Darlington) on this friday and mother's day weekend (12th Sat) from 9:00am-3:00pm. If you are around, come and have a chat, sip coffee and browse through beautiful handmade jewellery, choose some gifts for your love one!

Graceful and Stylish

Yes, again ! My Graceful and Stylish pendant
once again been included in another treasury list : Artic Spirit chosen by OlaDesign from somewhere special! The pendant has been well loved by a lot of fellow artists on Etsy. I hope it will find a very good home soon. A perfect mother's day gift! Do come and check out other wonderful works on the list as well......

Tree house

I would love to have one of this free spirit tree house in my backyard!

Natural Coral pendant

Here you are! This is my final creation! I am very happy with the result. The natural coral works well with the african bone bead. And of course, there is no more apple hole.....
This piece will be on offer in my Etsy shop in the next few days or so.....

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Creative Process

I am not very good at verbalizing my creative process because I would not have a clue what I am going to make until i sat down with materials and indulge myself in the process. This morning I sat down on my work bench and decided to make something out of the leftover sterling silver bits and pieces and some beads! I started to fiddle around and come up with some idea. I then engaged myself in a bit of sweat sawing and sanding the piece. Voila! I thought i got something. It remands me of one of the enviromental scuplture that i did. I saw a tree stump in a park, so I just lined up some green leaves that I found on the ground and had them walking all the way back to its branches! A very sad and romantic thought!

But there was something not quite right about it . The flower was working, the leaves and the stump was not too bad, may be it's the hole! It looked like an apple!!

So I came up with another idea and it works! I liked what i saw.........

I will post it once I got a good picture of the finish product.

ANZAC Day, Lest we Forget

A Treasury list complied by a fellow Aussie Crochetroo in memory of those who sacrificed their lifes so that we can live in peace!

design and the handmade

If you are around town (Sydney), don't forget to see the smart works exhibition in Powerhouse Museum. "It displays the inspirational work of 40 Australian and New Zealand designers and makers. It explores the choices and challenges that each of these individuals has faced in putting their work into production......"

Apart from the design exbition, there are lots of kids activities as usual.
I have 2 family pass to give away ( valid until end of June) Take advantage of the remaining Easter school holidays!

This is it !

This is it ! I am officially online. To all my dear friends and family, this is where you will find me, see my newest creation and check out what i've been up to!