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I was requested to bring in two items for my art project, which was unexpected, so I opted to pick them up first thing in the morning on my way to university. I chose breakable objects because I wanted to create something unique out of them but wasn't sure how. Afterwards I shot photographs of the items while experimenting with various techniques to see what I could come up with.

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Also, I used light to reflect colourful light onto the item, then edited it on my phone to make a textured art-dotted image.

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A few techniques included layering different materials on top of an object to produce an unique characteristic, such as the flower I built on top of a glass with colourful paper in this image. That was to test if it would resemble a vase.

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Finally, I'm experimenting with odd items from the art studio, such as colourful string, to see whether it will help the object stand out.

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I've highlighted three main influences for this painting by combining their work to expand on my own creative ideas—

Lucas Simoes uses fire to distort face characteristics in his art to disguise his identity. However, in my work, I've exploited fire to form a heart shape that represents the feelings I was feeling at the moment, which is why I used fire to symbolise anger and rage in my heart.

By cutting his printed pictures and layering them on top of one another before re-photographing the final product, designer Julien Blottiere reveals the identity of models rather than just the clothing they are wearing. Similarly, with my artwork, I'm attempting to demonstrate how our feelings may be disguised behind artificial appearances while we're among other people.

May Xiong applied black and white paint to portray the world's good and evil. Form a structure are used to represent how humans think, how the brain functions, and how chaotic it may be. I used blue threads to construct geometric lines to symbolize the connection travelling in different directions, and light blue paint to draw over the face to express happiness through bright colours.

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This is my finished surreal me if I had full one hour to complete it.

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My anger seemed to be fading away after smashing the objects with a hammer, I was able to release stress and pressure from my body into the items. My shoulder felt lighter after this.

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Creating various shapes with broken pieces 

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Here you can see the simplest shape of the objects, which I began with a pencil. I was astonished by the magnificent waterflow with sparkles of glitter that dropped out of the broken glass. It drew a lot of attention. This appeared to be really good and joyful, and I felt oppressed since it appeared to be pushing me to be happy. So i decided to change it!

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I used a variety of black inks to emphasise the lines I drew around the objects' shattered pieces. It was gradually becoming darker and darker, as you could see. This made me pleased because while I was drawing the various lines and forms, it began to build a mess in my brain, and I felt like I was finally able to communicate myself through shapes rather than words. This is advantageous to me since no one except me understands the significance of it. As a result, all of the chaos in my head gets poured into paper in order to make sense of it. Which helps me better understand myself.
The juxtaposition of the two images—happy and sad—shown in the frame using sparkles and black ink, demonstrates how it is natural to experience both happiness and sadness. This is a beautiful viewpoint about life since it allows you to feel happy while still acknowledging that sadness is a part of life. As a result, the burden of always having to be happy in order to live life is relieved.

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Sticking the pieces together to make an abnormal form was a lot of fun since it gives the impression of being able to escape from the negative aspects of reality. Cornelia Parker's exploding shed shows the materials of a garden shed that was blown up by the British Army at the artist's request. The work's significance is influenced by the shed's simplicity as well as its resting place quality. By blowing it up, she destroys the sense of security, the home for a personal history of objects no longer in use but not yet completed, the world of secrets and fantasy. Similar to my project, I felt as if I was depriving myself of a sense of security by shattering the pieces, which each reflected a thought in my head. As a result, I felt as if I had generated an ocean of random thoughts that I needed to piece together in order for it to make sense. To do so, I attempted to put each and every item together.

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I began to experiment with different ways for working with the camera, such as shaking it and moving in quick motion while taking photographs.
One side is blurry, while the other is clear, representing my feelings about my project at the time. I was still debating whether my work was completed or not, but on the other hand, it felt obvious that I wanted it to end here. As a result, I resolved to do more since I wanted to minimise the criticism in my work.

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This is the most extreme variant of the blurred photo, where it's impossible to determine what it looked like when it was taken.

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Before changing the item, I decided to take more pictures. To capture photographs, I placed my Happy To Be Sad art piece behind the products. I imagined the glitter to be more gleaming, but there was no way for it to shine because there was no light to reflect on it. As a result, I experimented with a lamp. I thought it looked a little dull, so I decided to add some colour to it.

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That was achieved by shining a light behind colourful transfer paper, causing the colour to reflect on the glitter and the glass.

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I experimented with mixing different colours at the same time to see what would happen. However, it did not reflect the colour as well as I had hoped. I believe it was because of the dark colours, therefore I tried using a brighter shade of paper and bringing the light as close to it as possible to increase visibility.

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Although you can see the green reflection better here, I still don't feel like it's really appealing.

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As I previously stated, I wanted to modify the look of this, so I chose to apply candle wax to the glass to create the impression of dripping

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When colourful paper was placed on top of the lamp, the art piece happy to be sad fell on top of it, creating this lovely art at the end. This sparked my curiosity in discovering more about it, so I decided to place a lamp beneath the product so that light could shine through the thick coating of hot glue.

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This is the results.

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This made me very pleased since it first appeared to be rather lifeless, but with the addition of light, it became more interesting to look at. Also, because the juxtaposition of joyful and sad is both portrayed in this through brightness and dullness, this validates my understanding of the Happy to be sad piece.

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i painted these colourful flowers to represent the happy side of me

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I also used black ink to symbolise my misery.

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Here I placed the product in front of the sun to test if the light will shine through the transparent glue. Personally, I feel that the colours in this image are quite cheerful and so create joy when viewed.

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I took it a step further by layering colourful paper, similar to how it appeared in Beautiful Accident. The final product was spectacular. This made me feel really pleased with myself.

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Continued experimentation with the same method, but with the addition of extra colours

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More close-up images showing the light beaming through the thick coating of glue can be found here. This resembled lava, which is used to express emotions such as love, hate, and anger. These conflicting feelings astonished the human brain. This is relevant to me since on the first day of my art university, I felt both terrified and happy.

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I attempted to pour hot candle wax on top of the glass, but it collapsed due to a lack of support from the bottom...however, the sound of it falling created a dramatic effect, encouraging me to try to make it stand so it wouldn't fall again.

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It made me nervous when pouring the candle because I was concerned it might ruin the flowers I had painted or the ink forms I had drawn.