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. notice the sword that he is holding, is craved from wood. i've used genuine silver leaves to let the blade shine like stainless steel. (take note that there are no silver/gold paint that can produce this finishing) 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.

new ride modification

the 1st pic was shot halfway through its very very long surgery. when i saw my car in this stage, i still couldn't imagine how the end product will turn out to be. i left my vehicle in the workshop for 20 days (initially agreed within 8 days lor!!) i'm very happy with the end product when i 1st saw it as i don't want my ride to be over exeggerated but yet different from others on the road. but 1 issue to complain about is the workmanship of the workshop,especially the paint work. after i took my ride for about 1 week, some cracklines started forming at some of the joining. the workshop agreed to touch up for me and said it will need only 1 day, i'm very afraid that the 1 day might turn into 1 week again...

my new ride modification

this is my new ride , i bought it on jun 08'. i bought this car b'coz i like its boxy outlook and i thought not many people in s'pore will like this type of car then i will be outstanding from the rest on the road..hehe... but,,, i started to see more & more of my car on the road & i don't find mine any different from them. so,,,,i decided to modify its outlook.. this photo was shot before my ride went for surgery.

temple jln bahar

notice the big fish at the bottom of the pillar, its also custom made from cement sculpture. you can see lots of chinese temples have this type of fish "carps" "li yu" in mandarin as they believe it brings wealth.these sculptures were also made in 2000 and also needed a repaint job. i've changed some colours from the origin and also coated it with special varnish for easy maintainence in future.and i forgot to mention that i've changed its eyeballs from marbles to "swarozki" crystal. cool!!!