Affection is one of the pieces for my thesis. Anthropomorphism is used to describe the emotions of the perfume bottles. They are being put in a love triangle situation. This illustration portrays the intimacy between the couple versus the lonely... More
Family is one of the pieces from my thesis. It is illustrated from the parents perspective looking from above to a child's funeral urn. From the gestures and storytelling, it communicates about the guilty feelings by the parents and portrays... More
Fishy is one of the pieces from my thesis. It communicates about apathetic life style. Canned food that we consumed everyday is boring and apathetic, like how we often anticipate canned goods as a way of survival only, it will be quickly translated... More
Homesickness, one of the pieces from my thesis is about preservation. Homesickness is metaphorically expressed through condiments landscape painting. Here, condiments are imagined as buildings in Hong Kong.
I am constantly inspired by Hong Kong... More
Nesting is one of the pieces for my thesis. When I research the background of Russian dolls, it shows that the last layer usually is a baby. They are made with many layers and each layer metaphorically mean to protect the baby by the mother. I took... More
Princess is one of the pieces for my thesis. I referred the building from the red-brick New York apartment buildings. The robber outside is trying to break into the apartment.Taxidermies are used to preserve animal furs or bodies. Here, I am trying... More
Son is one of the pieces for my thesis. Quilts are fabrics/old clothes that sewed together as a blanket. Some people use it to preserve smell/scent from people, especially when reusing old clothes. Son is an illustration that communicates sense of... More
Stubborn is one of the pieces for my thesis. I referenced to the ancient cave art that I encountered during my first history class in our university. They are very inspiring throughout the years, and even after centuries, people still learn about... More
Veronica is one of the pieces from my thesis. Nowadays, people usually tattoo themselves for remembrance purpose. This signifies that the memory/event can last forever like a tattoo that can permanently stay on our body or be physically with us.... More
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Nicole Iu
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“"The Preserved" is a series of editorial illustrations that imagines emotions pervaded objects toimply human desire on preserving intangible feelings in tangible things.”