Wednesday, December 2, 2009

budhha




this is the statue after my 6 days of hard work, i've used top grade hong kong gold leaves for this project. the finishing is very shining and smooth, hopefully it will not corrode again.

budhha




this is the budhha statue made of copper, as seen fromt he picture, some part of the statue turn rusty/corrosion thus parts of the gold leaf done previously came off, in order to ensure not to encounter this problem, i've got to stripped off all gold and paint from the statue to its origin and re-do everything.



bit by bit i scrapped away the exisiting paint from the statue then i de-rust it using sand paper and metal hair brush. after de-rust, i've used a very special type of solution which is called anti corrosion chemical, then after applying 4 times of the chemical, i painted another 2 coatings of oil base sealer to prevent the statue from corrosion again.

repainting job



this is the most common deity that all taoist recgonised, its the highest ranking deity name "Yu Wang Da Di" or commonly known as "Ti Gong"
this is the mini temple done by us using cement in 2005, as seen in the pics, the owner wants us to do a repainting job.
this is the finished job, i've changed some colours to give it a cleaner and brighter look, i've faked the sign board to look like stone carving, layed the inner flooring to bright red ceramic tiles and used oil paint for the roof of the mini temple.

Friday, November 20, 2009

yishun chompang guan tay temple


this is the brand new look of the horse after my 10 days of hardwork, i've used 4 days to removed the exisiting hair and old layer paint then paint the entire statue with oil base sealer, another 4 days to paint the entire horse and
2 days to paint its cloud base, joss stick holder and attach new hair to the horse statue, i've done some toning to its body in order to see and feel the horse powerful muscles and strength.

yishun chompang guan tay temple



on the left are some pictures of the "horse of guan gong" its made of cement and its as big as a live size horse, this sculpture was made by us about 10 years ago, in order to make the sculpture more lively, we even used real hair and attached onto the statue, as you can see from the pictures, the colours of the horse has worn out and most of its hair had been plucked away by crows and other birds.( thats what the care keeper told me) i'm tasked to re-vamp the horse statue and to give it a brand new look.

Friday, September 18, 2009

guan yin pu sa




On the left is the statue of "guan yin pu sa" goddess of mercy after my 5 days of make over work. i've used hongkong genuine gold leaflets for its clothing and changed some colours from its existing to give it a brighter look. the owner of the statue was very glad with the finishing as you can compare the differences from the photo before/after.

guan yin pu sa



On the left is the statue of "guan yin pu sa" goddess of mercy. its about 16 inches in height made from some type of fibre material that weighs very heavy at about 5kg. its colours has faded due time and has got some stains on its face, i'm honoured to give the statue a make over job.

Monday, August 17, 2009

tai shang lao jun


this is the statue of " Tai Shang Lao Jun" after my 5 days of refurbishing, i've sand away the exisiting paint of the statue, covered the cracks parts with special wood putty, sand smooth the putty area then apply 1 coating of oil base sealer paint. i've used genuine gold leaflets from hongkong and re-used the statue original moustache. the owner was very statisfied with the brand new look of the statue and so am i.

this is the statue of " Tai Shang Lao Jun", its carved of wood and its about 1 ft in height, as seen in the pics, the statue's colour has been worn out due to long time praying and there are also some cracks at the bottom part of the statue, i'm tasked to refurbish this peice of statue and give it a brand new look.




Thursday, March 26, 2009

THAILAND BUDDHA




This is the statue after my gold leaf plating. i've used genuine gold leaf from hong kong. the entire project took me 7 days from start to end.. the owner is very happy with the finishing as u can compare the difference from the photos of before and after. i charged him $1500.00 for the gold leaf job to the statue plus the stand of the buddha.

THAILAND BUDDHA







On the left is one of the popular thaliand buddha name Chinala. its fully mould of copper and standing at 16 inches. this statue was originally coated with gold paint and the owner wants to have a gold leaf job. my first step is to sand off the existing gold paint and make sure that the suface of the statue is clean and smooth. then, i need to coat it with a special anti rust paint mainly for copper usage to prevent it from rusting in future, 3rd step is to coat it with oil base sealer for a smoother finishing and for another layer for rust prevention.


Wednesday, February 25, 2009

interior house painting











this is a common front door of a common HDB flat. i've used black oil paint to paint the gate & door. i've added some flowers patterns on the door for a unique look b'coz most people don't really do much to their doors as there is nothing much for them to do except changing it. isn't it cheaper & special to have a one & only self designed painted door in ur neighbourhood??next is the big pc of wall in the living room. i've used brown for the repeat patterns design using free hand painting without any pencil sketching. then i've decided to use green for its base but i added some darker green to let the entire picture have better colour contrast. next is the pc of wall behind the plasma tv. alot of people likes to decor the tv wall with lots of items like photo frames or fancy lightings,but it is better to keep the background of the tv set simple so that we can really concentrate on the movies in the tv rather than the wall decors!! i've choose brown then slowly blant into beige colour to match the house furnitures. skills are definitely needed for nice and smooth blanting of 2 colours. then is the small wall in between the 2 bedrooms entrance. i've also used the same idea as the tv wall in order to match up the living room colour. just some simple decoration can be done (DIY) to bring some cozy feel to ur home.next is the bedroom's door, its a very basic plywood door that comes with a standard HDB flat and definitely unattractive. i've painted it to with darkbrown and toned it with some black to give it a natural raw wood finishing look. i've also design it to match with the bedroom's wardrobe's door. its much cheaper and hassle free to paint the door than to changed it!!

then its the most important part of the house, the master bedroom! we spent most of our intimate hours in this cozy little place so u gotta make ur sleep room as comfortable as possible. i've decided to painted the entire background of the bed to a wooden wall finishing and to match its furnitures colours, its simple but yet unique cos most painters do not have this ideas or skill needed to do the job.
lastly to introduce u is the most annoying parts of the house that doesn't look nice in whatever angle... yes,,, its all the sewage pipes and water pipes in the bathrooms and kitchens!! rich people have rich ways that is to construct wooden shelves or artificial cabinets to hide the pipes. its indeed a clever way but it doesn't comes cheap and if anything were to happen to those pipes, and repairs were needed to be done,, u've gotta tear down whatever u've constructed to hide the pipes due to obstruction. hence, i've come up with an idea of painting the pipes beautifully and proudly show it to the guests without much burning to ur pockets.. i've painted the pipes to look like tree trunks and added some twisting and curling plants crawling up the pipes. me myself thinks its a very great and cheap idea that i've come up with...hope u guys share the same thoughts..heehee.

Monday, February 9, 2009

"qian shou guan yin"




on the left is the statue of "qian shou guan yin" thousand hands goddess of mercy. its about 16 inches in height and made of wood. the statue was wholely gold-plated and some parts was broken. i've decided to put on some colours to its skin and re-gold the rest of the statue. its a very tough job due to its many many hands obstructing my movements of my brush. i used about 6 days to finish this project. the owner was very glad with my job. (this is one of my favourites finishing)

guan yin pu sa




on the left is a statue of "guan yin pu sa" made of wood. its about 16 inches in height. it might looks new and ok but the owner just find the statue not attractive and lively enough. i've re-gold plated the statue and changed its skin colours and re-drew its face feature. the owner was very glad with the end product and so was i. compare the pics for differences.

guan yin pu sa





this is another statue of "guan yin pu sa". its about 12 inches in height and its made of granite stone. its very heavy. as seen, the gold portions of the statue have came off due to wrong method of maintainence. the owner also wanted to add some colours to its skin. i've chosen a very light pinkish beige for the statue and added some "swarozki" crystals onto its clothing.

guan yin pu sa



on the left is the statue of "guan yin pu sa" made of copper. its about 9ft tall. its original colour is copper. i've used anti-rust paint as base coating then oil sealer. i've also added some designs of bamboo leaves onto its clothing to brighten up the statue. this project was done in 2002.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

temple jln bahar


this is the statue after my 3 weeks of painting. i've used genuine hong kong gold leaves for some parts and changed much of the origin colours. i've used some very thick fishing line for the strings of the "pi pa" (chinese guitar) if you can see clearly, there are stains all over the face b'cos the chinese believe that all statues of god needs to be "kai guang" as in enlighten so that the soul of god can enter the statue.all the stains you see are human blood from tongue.i coated the statue with special protective varnish for better maintainence in future. (this is one of my favourite project)

temple jln bahar


on the left is a cement sculpture of (the 4 heavenly kings) "si da tien wang". its about the height of 2 adults and was custom design and sculpted in 1999. it was a very very long duration project due to the size of the figuring. in sept.08, they called us back for a repaint job. the sculpture was in quite bad shape when i went there at first, the ventilation was very poor so the smoke of all the incense were being trapped in the temple and thus the sculpture became very black and oily. i nearly can't see any cloured parts initially

temple jln bahar


this is the statue after my 3 weeks of painting. i've used genuine hong kong gold leaves for some parts and changed much of the origin colours. if you can see clearly, there are stains all over the face b'cos the chinese believe that all statues of god needs to be "kai guang" as in enlighten so that the soul of god can enter the statue.all the stains you see are human blood from tongue.i coated the statue with special protective varnish for better maintainence in future. (this is one of my favourite project)

temple jln bahar


on the left is a cement sculpture of (the 4 heavenly kings) "si da tien wang". its about the height of 2 adults and was custom design and sculpted in 1999. it was a very very long duration project due to the size of the figuring. in sept.08, they called us back for a repaint job. the sculpture was in quite bad shape when i went there at first, the ventilation was very poor so the smoke of all the incense were being trapped in the temple and thus the sculpture became very black and oily. i nearly can't see any cloured parts initially