is a Chinese photographer working in New York. She received her MFA from University of Memphis in 2008. Her work has been exhibited both in US & China. She has been awarded NYFA fellowship in photography among others, and has been featured in numerous media for her work. Ms. Liao has been teaching photo, design, studio art classes in Mandarin at NNYP since 2009.
This is our final week already. Today, we had our graduation party, starting with showcasing our students’ final projects. There are many beautiful sunprints and books made by our students. Some of our students even developed their own way of … Continue reading 日光曬印手工書 Handmade Book Sunprint class – Week 7→
Our Handmade Book Sunprint class has entered the 6th week. Today we are back in the classroom with the sunprints our students made and started to put them into books. I was amazed by so many beautiful prints my students … Continue reading 日光曬印手工書 Handmade Book Sunprint class – Week 6→
It’s great weather today. We had our 5th class outdoor in front of the museum. This time, our students brought all kinds of things to make their sunrprints. Anything from plants, fabric, small souvenirs to live watercolor painting, our students … Continue reading 日光曬印手工書 Handmade Sunprint class – Week 5→
Today is a fun day for our Handmade Sunprint Class. We spent the beautiful afternoon outdoor, outside of the museum, making sunprints. It’s the first time making sunprints for everybody. But still, we made some really beautiful prints.
It’s the 3rd week into our Handmade Sunprint class. Today we learned more advanced bookmaking techniques. Each student made a booklet using needle and thread. We also learned how to make a flag book.
Yesterday, we had our first Handmade Sunprint class at Flushing library. We learned about the history, process and applications of sunprint. Then we learned some basic bookmaking techniques, using just paper and scissors making books. 昨天,我們在法拉盛圖書館開始了第一次的日光曬印手工書。課上我們簡單的介紹了日光曬印的歷史、原理及應用。然後我們學習了一些基本的手工書製作方法,嘗試只用紙和剪刀製作手工書。
After almost two months, we have finally came to our graduation day! This is by far the largest graduation we had at New New Yorkers. More than 30 people (some are invited friends) joined our graduation ceremony and potluck party. Each students gave a presentation of their book and received their certificates.
This Saturday, while we were waiting on our books to be printed, we went to Chelsea for a field trip. Our first stop is Printed Matter, where we were greeted by Chinese artist Yuchen Chang, who introduced us Printed Matter’s history and some of their books. Then we went to High Line Park and took some photos. In the end we visited some Chelsea galleries, including Klein Sun Gallery where their staff Ms. Tang Rui introduced their current shows.