Let me start off with the fabulous poster designed by Cheng Chit himself.
PAGE 1 - General and Local Contribution
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Let me start off with the fabulous poster designed by Cheng Chit himself. |
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Next let me introduce
to you the people, the 'origami people' of Singapore:
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From left to right:
Albert Sng, Chan Yew Meng, Ronald Koh, Leong Cheng Chit, Francis Ow, Paul Ee, Lim Hee Sen, Willie Absent while this photograph was being taken:
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Then the room where
the exhibition is being held:
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Next the visitors:
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Francis Ow holding an origami session with a group of very interested visitors. |
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Francis Ow teaching a group of very boisterous girls who wants to learn EVERYTHING! |
Next the report of the exhibition:
29th April 2000
(Saturday)
I
reached the exhibition around 2.00 p.m. on Saturday as I was required to
work on that Saturday. I was told by Francis that the response was very
poor as there were hardly any visitor. In fact, there is one avian visitor.
A sparrow flew in, viewed our exhibition, "did some business" and was chased
out before it decide to contribute any more.
In afternoon, the response was much better. There were these 3 very boisterous girls who insisted on learning everything from Francis and me. I got very tired after 3 rounds of teaching the ring to 3 different groups. There was also this lady who would fold something for us in exchange for something she fancied from the table.
Poor was not unexpected as Kim Seng Community Centre was located at a rather secluded area. We expect better response on Sunday and was proven correct subsequently.
After we had closed, a lady came and insisted on being taught a model. She claimed to have arrived from another part of the island and had spent a fortune on taxi just to visit this exhibition. Personally, there are too many of this kind of people in Singapore who would resort to emotional blackmail to get 'something' for themselves. I was restraining myself to avoid a confrontation with this person while Yew Meng was kind enough to teach this lady a model just to satisfy her.
Reported by Lim Hee Sen.
30th April 2000
(Sunday)
The
morning was expected to be slow. We used this opportunity to interact with
each other, swap news and pointers.
The afternoon was very crowded. The 3 girls and the woman returned. Teaching was very hectic. Initially we planned to have a class with people sitting and instructor standing in front. Eventually we opted for all sitting on the table for closer interaction.
Reported by Lim Hee Sen.
General Overall
Impression
All
of us agreed it was a success. As usual in a public exhibition of this
nature, we would always encounter some weird characters. I often wonder
whether this sort of encounters happened during overseas exhibition or
does it happen only in Singapore?
One of the most exciting thing coming from this exhibition was that we met up with another new talent, Andy Lim who started folding only recently and had already created many objects. Visit his gallery to get a taste of another new talent from Singapore.
Reported by Lim Hee Sen.
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3-D origami: The wave of the future?
These are created and folded by Leong Cheng Chit.
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| 3 blind mice
Created by: Eric Joisel
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Page 1 - General and Local Contributions (this
page)
Page 2 - Andy Lim's Gallery
Page 3 - Chan Yew Meng's Gallery
Page 4 - Francis Ow's Gallery
Page 5 - Ronald Koh's Gallery
Page 6 - Foreign Contributions
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