Lim Zieshan
The Old Classroom #1 (1/4)
2013
Dry point on paper
10cm X 15cm
Lim Zieshan
The Old Classroom #2 (AP)
2013
Dry point on paper, turpentine and soap water effect
10cm X 15cm
Lim Zieshan
The Old Classroom #3 (AP)
2013
Dry point on paper, turpentine and soap water effect
10cm X 15cm
Comfortable brown wooden tables and chairs, wide and huge blackboard, and pieces of colorful chalks, it was still clear in my mind, the first day of my primary school life. As every kid did, I don't even dare to go in to the classroom, but after six years time I were not willing to leave this little heaven. Different taste I had in this place, I learnt, I hurt, I played.
The bittersweet memories.
A funny way of viewing it is from #3 to #1.
#3 represented the feeling of nervous, creepy and alert that every 7-year-old kid would have.
Slowly, when you got to know more friends, the comfortable, adapted feelings brought the scene of #2
Finally the moment that every pupils would leave, had to leave, forced to leave. Confusing situation that we were excited to go another stage of life, and yet we were to leave this memorable place.
#1 described it all.
Here is a set of drypoint print which came
with the same composition but in different effects.
I was trying to discover different layering and outcome.
A few monoprints has done in different ways.
The theme is an old classroom which I've took in my primary school.
The purpose to use these flowing effect is to emphasize the olden days classroom is going to disappear very soon.
Every time I returned there, things were changing.
It was part of my life that I should retain it.
I always play with the turpentine and soap water while I'm going to clean my plate and working table.
It was fun to see the result if I played marbling and bubbling on my plate of drypoint.
I got surprise in every single print.
This series developed my future series of photography artwork.
