Whenever I hear 'Tentang Rumahku' (translates from Bahasa Indonesia to English to 'About my Home'), the song with the same title by the Indonesian Band, Dialog Dini Hari, starts to play in my head. It's a very nice song, uplifting and light hearted, reminiscing a house that is situated by a cliff overlooking the scenery of a star covered hill. This is also the theme for my current project, which I'm tasked to create an illustrated language poster in Pictionary-style for students learning basic Bahasa Indonesia about items that belong around/in a home. After some thought, I thought that it would be interesting to interweave something from Indonesia into the idea of poster making for the spread of knowledge. I was introduced to the 'Gabar Umbul', a vintage trading card game that was made in the 1940s, in 2016, and was fascinated at how comics were distributed in tiny panels printed on a single sheet of A4 sized card, which players could cut out for the game. If I made every panel an illustration of an object around the house, in the comic style of the gambar umbul wouldn't that be nice? Students from outside Indonesia who will receive this poster will also get a chance to experience an Indonesian vintage game while picking up the language. Here are some references that I've found from the web: I really love these graphics! I have also been thinking about illustrating furniture found around my grandma's house. However, many items that I remember as a child had already been replaced with newer, updated, modern items. Hence, I took to looking at all the photos in my family photo albums, in the hopes that I can spot and use some for reference. Here's sharing with you photos from the good ol' days!
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Customising pages for printing for tomorrow's class. Thought of adding some glyphs and ornaments since the module was about Text, Sound and Image.
Spent the past few days working on generating some templates for an upcoming book structures workshop that will include basic stitches as part of the hands on session. Bearing in mind that this workshop is customised for first year students where most of them will not have experience in sewing (I know, I know... ), and thus to speed up, the solution is printed material to relief them of the mathematics and plotting. Some may argue that perhaps I am doing the homework for them . But hey, considering it's a one-off workshop (we only have 2 hours), plus I'm also curious to see the results of this initiative, I find that all the work will pay off.
Alright, I've got about 13 pages to format before sending it to the printer's. Good Luck to me and ... stay tuned! Writing another workshop for book structures x basic stitches. This means a new prototype has to be made. Rant : Sometimes I wish I wasn't only paid to conduct for the hours of the workshop, but in addition, for writing the programme as well as making the prototype. It really takes time to think , plan, create and then execute!
Anyway, I think the products from the workshop will be very fun and engaging. I'm looking forward to see how the participants produce the two sets of books in the session. Made a frame to support next Sunday's Tikar Weaving workshop. Wood split because I didn't have a drill to make holes before putting nails.
Have to borrow a drill soon to make more of these. |
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