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how do you know when an idea is 'the one'?

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I liked the process of making the effigies and engaging with materials in the labs. But I feel like I could have been more experimental, and intentional... made more prototypes, further expand the concept and explore alternative final outcomes....

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idky but i just dont feel 100% satisfied with what I have created

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Photos from a 2015 visit to Penang

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Short video documentation of the altar

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Final Effigies

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Behind the Scenes

Trying to capture the reflections was way harder than I had expected........ and to an extent it kind of looked stupid HAHHAHAHA it wasn't reflective of the experience of standing infront of them irl

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Behind the Scenes

Using the largest sheet of white paper I could find hahahahha

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Disastrous lighting .....

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Attaching the mirrors were the hardest part..... I had to use scrap paper and cardboard to create supports in order to angle the mirrors

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Chat w Cytheria

Cytheria mentioned that she lives 5 minutes away from a temple and wanted to share this with me since she noticed I was visiting temples :')

People write down their wishes on wooden panels and hang them on the board, but this kid wrote 祝世界上的每一个家庭平安 (hope that every family on the earth is safe/peace). So cute

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Prototype 2

Just 2 pieces to check the fit of the slots

Comparison between the dimensions I wanted and Prototype 1 hahhhahahahahahhahahahaaha

A number of tiny pieces got lost/didn't fit into the final one

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Prototype 1

Turned out WAY too big... and the slots weren't tight enough. Didn't really like the orientation of the slices too.

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I didn't know that the orientation of the obj that you bring into Slicer would affect its dimensions. When I brought in the obj file, it was on its side, which was why that was the width became the height and the largest dimension of the whole figure. I unknowingly changed the height(which was the width) to the size I wanted, which was why the figure did not turn out in the right dimensions (HAHAHA I don't sound like I'm making sense right now I'm sorry)

Sometimes its hard working digitally because you can't factor in the real life elements like strength/thickness of material, weight.... (that's why we have to prototype and try things out)

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Final touches!

Beads, coins, barcodes, zippers....

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Joining base and body

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Soaking gold parts of joss paper so rub the foil onto the clay as clothes