A series of leather trays
by Whitney Bai
Categories: Softgoods • Tags: bowl, feather, leather, pen holder, plates, round, trays, vegetable tanned
Tag: feather
Mindful Making: Clay & Woodfiring in Japan–Light as feather
by Whitney Bai
My third installment of Mindful Making: Clay & Woodfiring in Japan–a delicate tray with two pieces glazed feather.
Categories: Form and forming • Tags: anagama, ceramics, clay, dish, feather, japan, kashihara, tray, woodfiring
Leather Keychains
by Whitney Bai
Wanted to tested the new set of stamps I got. Vegetable tanned leather takes stamps really well. I wet the surface and waited for it to return it’s dry color. Placed the stamp and hit it with a hammer several times. Then I lightly painted the indent to make it more visible. For this I dyed the leather first and finished the edges. Then I wet the surface, stamped the leather and attached the hardware. A teabag inspired tea bag […]
Categories: Freelance, Softgoods • Tags: bai, color, feather, hammer, indent, key ring, leather, paint, stamps
Leather Feather Tray/Wall Decoration
by Whitney Bai
Ideation and paper model: Cutting pattern: Saddle stitchThe final product is a reversible tray/wall decoration piece:
Categories: Softgoods • Tags: eos, eos lip balm, feather, home, homedeco, homegoods, leather, leathergoods, reversible, tray, wall, wall decoration
Movement and texture–Feathers
by Whitney Bai
A set of feathers in different scales made of tin plated steel, rolled at the same radius, and connected by aluminum rivets. As you turn each feather and form evolves into a linear chain of feathers. Copyright © 2013 Whitney Yu Bai All Rights Reserved
Categories: Form and forming • Tags: 3D, aluminum tubing, feather, rivet, tin plated steel
Feather Mayhem
by Whitney Bai
My Chinese name is 白羽，which means white feather. I have always been pleased with my name because I think feather is one of the most beautiful thing the the whole world. Feathers are light, elegant, colorful and play an important role in revolution. I did this set of drawings and paintings for one of my design class at RISD. I picked feather from our natural lab and spent weeks studying their unique shapes, micro structures, movement and functionality in order […]
Categories: Graphics, Sketches • Tags: 2D design, feather, gouache, ink
Watercolor, started:)
by Whitney Bai
I have been taking watercolor course with Prof. Young Chen for a little over two months and I’m so in love with it. I know as a beginner my watercolor work probably will show a lot of flaws and mistakes, but I still decide to put them on my portfolio blog just to record the process. I also want it on record that I will keep doing watercolor no matter what program I end up with—industrial design, graphic design or […]
Categories: Sketches • Tags: abstract, candles, eye, face, feather, girl, hair, oranges, portrait, watercolor
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