Traditional War II

The idea of this pattern comes from a subgroup of the Han Chinese people, Hakka (Mandarin: Kèjiā). They are commonly found in the southern Chinese provinces, such as Guangdong, Jiangxi, and Fujian in China. In Taiwan, Hakka people comprise about 20% of the population and are descended largely from Guangdong: they form the second largest ethnic group on the island. Taiwan's Hakka are concentrated in Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County, Miaoli County, and around Chungli in Taoyuan County, and Meinong in Kaohsiung County, and in Pingtung County, with smaller presences in Hualian and Taitung County. In recent decades many Hakka have moved to the largest metropolitan areas, including Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung.
Many people in Taiwan are of mixed Hoklo, Hakka, and formosan aboriginal heritage. Approximately half of the population of Hakka in Taiwan also speaks Taiwanese, and it is highly likely that many Taiwanese-speaking households were descendants of Hakka families in Taiwan who lost their language a few generations back because of the lack of practical environment.

Traditional War I

明眼人一看就知道這次花紋主要取自阿嬤的紅花布，客家花布有著鮮豔的丹紅色跟牡丹花，象徵喜氣跟富貴。南部的客家人，以藍染技術著稱，客家服飾以「客家藍衫」為主，北部的客家人，偏愛以花布製作衣褲，原因是客家人很節儉。

網路上查到關於客家花布說法：一是客家人以前很窮，只能撿一些別人家剩下的布來拼湊成衣物、背包……等等，而從各家聚集而來的布料自然成了花花綠綠的用品了形成客家花布；另一種說法是花仙娘娘為了感謝客家人的辛勞，便利用許多花的色汁來染成花花綠綠的頭巾、笠巾等飾品來裝飾客家人，因此客家才會有花布的文化。

這個塗鴉是以前在台灣做過的 ' Love and Courage' 紙模原稿還在台灣，於是我用以拉重畫了一遍，也把比例修正了。

A Lovely Explosion

Matilda's new installation in work progress - A Lovely Explosion

[ Illustration Publication - EXPLOSION - Creative Brief]
The aim of this project is to explore new uses of illustration and free ideas from only using pencil on paper, take works to the real world, anything you can image that pushes the boundaries of the contemporary illustration story.

[ Explosion - A Lovely Explosion]
Media used: bubble wrap, ink, and paste
Name: A Lovely Explosion
Size: A0 (841 × 1189 mm)

In terms of reflecting to the main idea of this project to explore the boundary and idea of illustration, I tried to express ‘A Lovely Explosion’ via materials. The function of bubble wrap is protection by explosion of air bubbles, but the word ‘Explosion’ is a violent and destructive shattering or blowing apart of something. To show the contradiction of dangerous and protective, sweet –coloured inks were injected in to each bubble and constructed a hand grenade shape by water pixels; different colours also dissolve each other from time to time that present a slow and lovely explosion.