<![CDATA[Freedom From Pity - Blog]]>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:23:14 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Interview on Pikaland]]>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:00:51 -0800http://www.siajoohiang.com/6/post/2012/02/interview-on-pikaland.htmlAmy from Pikaland stumbled on my works at Doinky Doodles! and interviewed me last week.
The interview can be found at http://pikaland.com/2012/02/21/artist-interview-sia-joo-hiang if you want to read it:D
Thank you Amy !
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]]><![CDATA[Faces of Freedom]]>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:54:07 -0800http://www.siajoohiang.com/6/post/2012/02/faces-of-freedom.html(click on images to view larger versions)
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]]><![CDATA[Dear Gylan]]>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:28:47 -0800http://www.siajoohiang.com/6/post/2012/02/dear-gylan.html(click on images to view larger versions)
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Dear Gylan,
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welcome to this world.
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Mummy,
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Daddy,
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Granny,
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Grandpa...
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everyone loves you.
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But then, you will also see that the world can be unfair and ugly.
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You will be angry,
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scared,
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sad...and maybe... lonely.
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But you will be BRAVE.
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Because you will know that Life is so short...
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and that nothing matters anymore....that no purest gold in the world will buy you happiness,
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friendships,
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and LOVE.
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When you grow up,
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you will see it.
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]]><![CDATA[New crochet brooches!]]>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:43:31 -0800http://www.siajoohiang.com/6/post/2012/02/new-crochet-brooches.html
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Tom Morello is a musician I like. I made some crochets of him. Think the one on the top right is the best. The one below, beside the photo of him ( taken from www.baldcelebrity,com), does not look like him at all, haha!
Here is a video of Tom Morello sharing some of his guitar "tricks". I love his guitar playing! If you haven't heard of Tom Morello, check out his playing with the bands Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave.
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I discovered a new way to crochet noses and caps so that they actually stick out. Here is to show you how it looks from the side.
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"Hear", aka "Kid with super large ears".
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"Girl who likes to lie"
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The Incredible Dr. Pol! Dr. Pol is a vet in the Nat Geo series "The Incredible Dr. Pol". I watched half of an episode on TV and loved his style. So I crochet him! Below is a video to share with you. If you wanna catch more and bigger versions of the video go to the National Geographic site.
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Dr Pol has a long nose.
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This cat here is from a custom order which didn't turn out like the cat I was to crochet from BUT i love it anyway.
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The Valentine Cat! My friend K asked me to make some heart badges for him. And this is what came out. This cat here smells LOVE, so much that it actually comes out from his nose. Yeah.
]]><![CDATA[A few things I forgot to post earlier]]>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:09:34 -0800http://www.siajoohiang.com/6/post/2012/02/a-few-things-i-forgot-to-post-earlier.html
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Rickety Kat, a character for my new comic, based on the Rickety Cat toy made by Doinky Doodles!
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My version of Humpty Dumpty. He has appeared and will appear together with Rickety Kat in my new comics.
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Rickety Kat and Humpty Dumpty
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"Keeping the audience entertained" 1/3 (click on image to enlarge)
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"Keeping the audience entertained" 2/3
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"Keeping the audience entertained" 3/3
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"Molting Crumbly"-The Curious Cupcakes comics, made for Room For Dessert.
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a drawing I made for my sister last year, who just treated herself to a nice pair of spectacle frames. I hope that she can take things easy and indulge in treats like that MORE often! ...instead of working her ass off for other people all the time!
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a deer-horse creature brooch i made for my friend Pongal last Christmas.
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some drawings I made on a cake box (before it gets folded to become the box). I took this photo at Doinky Doodles!, a shop that specialises in reconstructing works from fabric discards. I have given these drawings to Doinky Doodles! for them to recycle, like 2 years ago, and they still have it! These drawings are the characters from the visual document I AM BRINSLEY BIVOUAC, which I had made based on Kelvin Tan's novel, All Broken Up and Dancing. In the background is a kid's tee by Doinky Doodles!, and a dog poster by me.
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Here is another drawing, on the wall right behind the Adam and Eve brooches by Doinky Doodles!
]]><![CDATA[Crochet Mynah brooch]]>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:07:21 -0800http://www.siajoohiang.com/6/post/2012/02/crochet-mynah-brooch.html
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Mynah
]]><![CDATA[Badges and Bruises]]>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:03:36 -0800http://www.siajoohiang.com/6/post/2012/02/badges-and-bruises.htmlTurn bruises into badges.

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Stop The Rot badge.
]]><![CDATA[My first Custom Order]]>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:59:00 -0800http://www.siajoohiang.com/6/post/2012/02/my-first-custom-order.htmlBongo asked me to make crochet brooches of her cats. I am a big fan of cats, so it was totally fun to make brooches of them;)
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photo of Pica
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photo of Onion
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photo of Ah Pui
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]]><![CDATA[Illustration for Jennings]]>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:01:09 -0800http://www.siajoohiang.com/6/post/2012/02/illustration-for-jennings.htmlI made this illustration for Jennings's 2012/13 catalog. (Jennings is a laminate company). This is based on their idea of 2 children on a bicycle, with one of them looking up at the balloons he is holding. They wanted the feeling of "moving forward", and "rising". I gathered that it has to be drawn with a very positive and hopeful mood. They are happy with the work. :)
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Image shows the front, back and spine of the book when opened out. (click on image to enlarge)
]]><![CDATA[Sweet Resia, drawn June 2010]]>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:45:11 -0800http://www.siajoohiang.com/6/post/2012/01/sweet-resia-drawn-june-2010.html(Click on the images to read bigger versions.)
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