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For the next few weeks, I was stuck on how to connect my personal experiences and feelings to the outside world. During this time, I happened to visit the museum of home, which inspired me to explore various concepts of home, how people's lifestyles have changed over time, and how each houseware reflect changing social attitudes. For example, the dining table is both an area of the kitchen and a centralized place for family members to exchange ideas within the home. The changes in cleaning technology represented by the vacuum cleaner is also accompanied by a history of gender resistance. I realized that it is worthwhile for me to learn how to think from a specific object. Perhaps coffee cups can be a microcosm of social behavior and phenomenon. My next step is to use mind maps to organize the ideas of my major project more clear.

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For the next few weeks, I was stuck on how to connect my personal experiences and feelings to the outside world. During this time, I happened to visit the museum of home, which inspired me to explore various concepts of home, how people's lifestyles have changed over time, and how each houseware reflect changing social attitudes. For example, the dining table is both an area of the kitchen and a centralized place for family members to exchange ideas within the home. The changes in cleaning technology represented by the vacuum cleaner is also accompanied by a history of gender resistance. I realized that it is worthwhile for me to learn how to think from a specific object. Perhaps coffee cups can be a microcosm of social behavior and phenomenon. My next step is to use mind maps to organize the ideas of my major project more clear.

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The evolution of cleaning techniques. The debate of gender role in the home has never stoped.

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During Project 1 Workshops, I tried a lot of new materials and painting techniques, and explored the possibility of textures with daily materials. When I look back at all my sketches, I concluded that my most master drawing tools are ink, pencil and soft pastel.

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During Project 1 Workshops, I tried a lot of new materials and painting techniques, and explored the possibility of textures with daily materials. When I look back at all my sketches, I concluded that my most master drawing tools are ink, pencil and soft pastel.

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Visiting museums, galleries and exhibitions are the three after-school activities that help me the most with my study. I use to take my sketchbook and portable camera with me to collect all the elements that interest me in these activities. Using the internet when I back home to get a further and deeper understanding of each part I collected-based on the images and written information I recorded-is also a useful method to broaden my knowledge. I think the works presented in the exhibitions or museums by series and themes are more useful for me to learn a certain period of history or think about a topic in depth. They can teach me how to observe and analyze social phenomena insightfully.

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Visiting museums, galleries and exhibitions are the three after-school activities that help me the most with my study. I use to take my sketchbook and portable camera with me to collect all the elements that interest me in these activities. Using the internet when I back home to get a further and deeper understanding of each part I collected-based on the images and written information I recorded-is also a useful method to broaden my knowledge. I think the works presented in the exhibitions or museums by series and themes are more useful for me to learn a certain period of history or think about a topic in depth. They can teach me how to observe and analyze social phenomena insightfully.

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After tutorial, I realized that illustration should not only be pretty patterns, but also focus on the communication of information. My daily sketchbook was too small and lacked narrative. So in the next stage, I consciously chose to use larger size paper and add richer plot and figures in my drawing practice.

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After tutorial, I realized that illustration should not only be pretty patterns, but also focus on the communication of information. My daily sketchbook was too small and lacked narrative. So in the next stage, I consciously chose to use larger size paper and add richer plot and figures in my drawing practice.

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In the same period, I began to think about the direction of my major project in depth. ‘Why amI interested in coffee cups?’ I had been keeping asking myself this question. By organizing my family photos, I realized that I related the good memories of coffee time domestic with the coffee cups. I was interested in the cozy atmosphere of domestic coffee time, not the coffee itself. So I chose to paint a series of coffee times at home, by using soft pastels, trying to convey the warmth and sense of belonging that I personally felt at home to the audience through my illustrations.                   However, I found that the content of the images was too personal and limited after peer review. Not everybody have or enjoy coffee-drinking activities at home. I need to think about how to put my personal experiences into the larger social context. I should forget about myself, as well as my own coffee time.The next step I planed was interviewing friends around me about their domestic leisure activities.

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In the same period, I began to think about the direction of my major project in depth. ‘Why amI interested in coffee cups?’ I had been keeping asking myself this question. By organizing my family photos, I realized that I related the good memories of coffee time domestic with the coffee cups. I was interested in the cozy atmosphere of domestic coffee time, not the coffee itself. So I chose to paint a series of coffee times at home, by using soft pastels, trying to convey the warmth and sense of belonging that I personally felt at home to the audience through my illustrations.                   However, I found that the content of the images was too personal and limited after peer review. Not everybody have or enjoy coffee-drinking activities at home. I need to think about how to put my personal experiences into the larger social context. I should forget about myself, as well as my own coffee time.The next step I planed was interviewing friends around me about their domestic leisure activities.

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After taking some time off during this Christmas holiday to empty my brain, I looked again at all the works I had done before. I kept asking myself, ‘what exactly do I want to find out?’ Luckily, I found the answer this time. Coffee time is a part of my personal solitary life, and the theme I am interested in is actually about the different states of young people's solitary life.

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After taking some time off during this Christmas holiday to empty my brain, I looked again at all the works I had done before. I kept asking myself, ‘what exactly do I want to find out?’ Luckily, I found the answer this time. Coffee time is a part of my personal solitary life, and the theme I am interested in is actually about the different states of young people's solitary life.

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After preliminary interviews and online research, I found the meaning of my inquiry and project. More and more young people are coming to new environments to study or work, and they inevitably face the situation of living alone. Whether they can learn to live with themselves or not has a great impact on their mental health. The psychological state of being alone can be both positive and negative. However, the solitude that has been researched is mostly reported as the negative psychological aspects and how to solve these problems. Only few people have promoted the positive aspects of solitude, which is what I hope to add to the psychological research by my visual works.

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After preliminary interviews and online research, I found the meaning of my inquiry and project. More and more young people are coming to new environments to study or work, and they inevitably face the situation of living alone. Whether they can learn to live with themselves or not has a great impact on their mental health. The psychological state of being alone can be both positive and negative. However, the solitude that has been researched is mostly reported as the negative psychological aspects and how to solve these problems. Only few people have promoted the positive aspects of solitude, which is what I hope to add to the psychological research by my visual works.

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Cover a piece of cardboard with shape of a coffee cup. Then splash water colour over it. Finally, remove the cardboard.

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mono-print by using a piece of soft plastic and drawing with ink.

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colour pencils and collage.

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mono-print with threads to depict bubbles.

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abstract collage: think about how shapes and scales can affect our feelings to colours.

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Jars with human face used to be very popular around London. They are so funny and vivid.

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It is amazing that we can find out how the earth changed by materials.

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Cosy corners were really popular during Victorian period. Designed for two people, they united comfort and intimacy.

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Mind map of my interests and themes.

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Mono-print.

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Afternoon coffee time. Reading. Soft Pastels.

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Coffee time during breakfast. Soft pastels.

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Coffee time with dessert.