Taiwanese Designer - Johan Ku

I was reading "She Breathes" blog page and come across this article, and currently my mum is very into knitting and this art work really impress me, I wonder how they put this beautiful knit wear together, is not easy as I can see, because all wood fabric is make up of super big yarn.. and I think is kinda heavy dress too.. He is a Taiwanese Designer and "Emotional Sculpture" is the name of the Collection.

Dream Cafe

This cafe is in Thailand Bangkok, they sell ice cream and also serve coffee and tea... they have a few simple and nice art piece in the cafe and also nicely painted..

How to Make a Fashion Design Portfolio

Step 1 : Get something to hold and organize the work. This can be a variety if things. If you are young and starting out, a binder with page inserts works well. It may be best to spend the money on a nice large portfolio or presentation folder from a craft store or office supply store.

Step 2 : Collect samples of your best work, and begin to organize or group them together by collection. If you have multiple collections to display, you may include a few samples of inspiration for the design. This may be a painting of a flower, a song or the texture of a rusted piece of metal.

Step 3 : Include your sketches. These should be large, colored final sketches of the design. This shows your original intentions with the design. If there is room, you may even include small preliminary sketches that show the development of your design.

Step 4 : Include fabric swatches. These are small pieces of fabric that show what you would make the designs out of, or what you intend to make the designs out of. They may be small squares, but have enough of the fabric to show the texture or pattern well. Some fabric stores may give free or sell swatches, or you may have to buy a small amount of fabric.

Step 5 : Include finished photos of the fashion design in your portfolio if you have some. Anything that you actually make should be photographed while someone is wearing it. The photo should also be in color and large enough to show detail.

Step 6 : Put the work in a logical order. Think about the emotions or feelings that each photo or design evokes when you look at it. Consider each one and whether they flow in the order of a sort of story.

Step 7 : Go digital. With the technology of today, many places prefer a digital copy burnt to disc. If you apply to colleges or jobs far away, the only source of contact may be through email and over phone. Scan all images and sketches, and creatively place them in order to be viewed easily. This can be very simple or get very complicated.

A few of my design

Usually I will spend my weekend at home, cook, draw, sew and also go for a run, these are some of my design that I draw during one of these weekend, the medium I used is Copic markers. 

I am still organising my collection, once done I will post them in my blog. 

Long white dress

I will make the top with velvet green...

I like this dress very much, I will make this dress once I am skillful enough...

Nectarie at Clarke Quay

Was with my friends at this cafe during a Friday night, the concept of this cafe is cosy with a classy look, the tables and the high stools looks like the shape of Panadols.... I like this place very much and the pastry look nicely display in the fridge. There are 4 of us and we ordered 3 pieces of cakes and our individual drinks, I had Green apple juice.. I had took a few pics of the cakes we ordered.

Pistachios with white chocolate

Green Tea with Passion

Japan Sakura

This Trip was a well plan trip, in terms of the blooming Sakura season in late March... I got to see the full bloom in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.. Sakura only bloom once a year for only a week before it falls in Japan, so, I felt that I am quite lucky to see them. Here are some pictures taken by me. Enjoy!

Temple near Osaka Castle

Close shot

Kyoto Sakura park

Kyoto Canal

This is a University in Kyoto

A pebble art work in Tokyo, is so adorable

I think this is a Museum, in Tokyo

These are the nicest pictures among all, I spent total of 9 days in Japan and I plan to go there again, not Sakura season now, my next trip to Japan is to get some design inspirations. :)

In Japan there are many nice hand craft work and nice fashion sense too, I hope I will bring some nice ideas back...

Bread making lesson

Is always difficult to enrol for this bread making lesson, they will put you in waiting list for 2months ahead. There are total of 4 lessons from 1pm to 6pm, every Sunday for 4 weeks, you will progress slowly with more complicated kind of bread, donuts and pizza, you will also be awarded with a attendee certificate after completion.
Initially I always think that baking bread from stretch is very difficult because of the recipe must always get it right and accurate, the dough must be just nice, not too soft not too hard.. but I am wrong, is not difficult at all.. is simple then what you think! trust me.. not to denied that you also need constance practice to upkeep your baking skills too. At least for now, I can bake my own bread after attending this course, not very fantastic I can say at least it looks like a bread :) and of cause edible.
I woke up in the morin and prepare my lunch before I took the train to the school. The night before I had prepared my apron and containers to keep the bread, so I don't have to rush the next day. I had a fun afternoon, there are total of 20 students in the kitchen and 4 are sharing a baking table, today we learn to make dough and red bean bun, pork floss bun.. the buns are the same, you only add the desire ingredients to your bun then you will have a total different kinda bread.

fresh baked bun

Red Bean Bun

BaguetteDonuts

Pizza (before)

Pizza (after)

I love to make the pizza most, looks abit out of shape but is really delicious..