Self-grading: 9/10

The idea of YunChi is from the mixed style of Eastern and Western in that period. Its colour and patterns both refer to this sort of mixture. Indeed, the real works from that time were too complicated and hard to be accepted by contemporary people. However, I think this mixed style can be very beautiful if people just remake it basing on modern aesthetics. This is also the reason I made this work. In terms of YunChi, the overall style is still not really creative, its more is a kind of imitating to that period, but I believe that I will create a more revolutionary work in this style because I like this East-West communicated result.

At the beginning of the text, I used the name “雲池(YunChi)” as the “Initial”, just kind of practicing for what I learned. The lower-right corner is my Chinese last name. I made it look like a seal just like what Chinese people always did in the past, printing their seal on something they own. The lower-left corner is the mountains means the earth and the upper-right corner is the peaks through the cloud layer means the sky. They are not the only meaningful pictures but the functional signs that help to focus audiences’ eyes in the middle. This version looks a little bit flat, and I still like the original one that the versions from three different angles make me a sense of 3D visual experience that strongly points to the lower-right corner. Making this work really makes me reflect a lot about art itself. Really before doing this research, I never realized that the western influence in Chinese decorations, at least not so much. The mix ages really changed very many things but they have become a part of common sense today. Although my personal pursuit is to make something truly belongs to my-self, this researching makes me think of that if I can truly get rid of the influence of the past people. The concealed past cognitions have already been a part of my knowledge, but how could I develop it but not only recreate a similar copy of it. I must make something mine.