☰  Winnie Liang 

Textured Bangle, Copper, October 2023

Hairpin, Copper, Brass, and Glass Teardrop, December 2023

Poseidon's Kiss, Ceramics and Glaze, October 2023

Cups, Ceramics and Glaze, November 2023

Dragon and Snake, Ceramics and Glaze, December 2023

Loupe, Brass, Aluminum, and Magnifying Glass, March 2023

A project based on self-reflection and maginifying into lives to create balance.

Silver Ring, Silver, April 2023

Rose Ring, Copper, May 2023

Sunny Ring, Copper, May 2023

Dart, Copper, May 2023

Similar to how darts rip through the air to strike a target, paint brushes tear through reality to create an imaginary world from the artists’ mind.

Cherry Blossom, Brass and Copper, May 2023

An elegant cherry blossom pendant for fidgetting.

Let's Hang Out Again!, After Effects, May 2023

This was my final video project.

Juice N Shop, Blender, October 2022

This was my first 3D Modeling project with teammates. I worked with artists Uyen Huynh and Kevin Truong.

Juice N Shop, Blender, November 2022

Night City is an environment to be explored by the audience. Unlike a traditional game, this environment was made to create a sensory experience using sound, lights, and visuals. With an Asian aesthetic, this piece also generates a reference to Asian Hate Crimes in America. There are posters and signs around the environment that show the movement while the lanterns in the sky are supposed to represent the birth of new life and change in people.

This was my second 3D Modeling project with teammates. I worked with artists Uyen Huynh and Kevin Truong.

A Frog’s Underwater World, Blender, September 2022

My first 3D Modeling scene!

Aliens, Blender, December 2022

My second 3D Modeling scene!

Dimsum, Plastic Castings, May 2022

This was a project made for COMMUNITY TABLE, sponsored by the College of Humanities and the Arts’ Excellence Programming Grant. In partnership with Cynthia Cao, Creative A,bass adorn for the Office of Cultural Affairs, City of San Jose, my class created ethnically foods to inspire and change future food donations by expanding the understanding of food needs of SJSU students.

As a Cantonese American, I grew up eating dim sum. It was my favorite family outing as a child and I still get excited about it till this day.

Bingo's Roundup, Unity, May 2022

Bingo's Roundup tells the story of a farmer who comes home and sees all of their farm animals gone! They must make their way through the new floating islands to collect farm animals. After going traveling around the map, they can return home into the barn.

https://w1126l.github.io/Art-103/

Please visit the link! This class used a lot of Fusion 360 and other, more industrial, forms of 3D modeling. I would say it's worth a quick glance over for the assignments Fusion E1, Fusion E2, and Artifacts. Some things may be broken because Steve originally had us upload it onto a shared server and website but I don't see it anymore.

Bountiful Beachside Bento Box, Found Objects, September 2021

An accumulation of knowledge is what drove this piece to its creative success. A creative process doesn’t stop and only continues to mature the artist and materialize as pieces of art. To help amass more information about climate change, my piece follows my personal journey of discovery in climate-change-related dangers by exploration of a small box holding a pollution-filled feast.

As I learned of the efforts to promote recycling, I learned of the dangers of common household items through the many different professors, classes, and videos I have encountered. I have come to show the increasing amount of danger that such pollution can cause, particularly to the bodies of water, thus materializing as a sushi bento box. Much of the land pollution transforms into sea pollution, directly affecting humans as a result. Even sunscreen, a staple in a trip to the beach, can harm marine life if not chosen properly. The bento showcases very common recyclable components while also housing the different pollution threats that take many years to biodegrade. A recent problem for the ocean has been the pollution of face masks. A simple walk around a city or a suburb shows these single-use discarded masks on grounds, which can flow into the ocean.

By taking note of the different components of the bento box and researching its effects on the ocean, creating a chain of information for these problems is possible. Yet, there is still a long way to go before this bento box is fully eaten and discarded.

Ever-melting Childhood, Plaster and other mixed media, November 2021

“The Circle of Life” is a well-known phrase that became the base of this piece. The piece explores the childhood that many have experienced while alluding to the constant flow of life. Only at the age of 19, I feel like time has frozen for me. I am in between the childish nature while learning the responsibilities of an adult. Here, I present a platter of the times and the flow of life.

Growing up, I had always dreamed about the freedom of adulthood and what seemed to be the infinite capacity of knowledge in the world I had yet to learn. Now, I dream of simpler times where I cried about Barbie dolls and Barnie.

I worked as a K-12 tutor from middle school till high school, so I have always been exposed to the growth of children. Amidst my occupation, I grew together with others that were both my students and my mentors. I realized the never-ending circle of growth that is present in the world. I haven't touched Crayons or Rainbow Loom bands in years. Yet, the hidden memories of my childhood have melted away because of my boyfriend’s 10 year old sister. And these memories will melt again and I will rediscover this in another decade once me and my peers begin to create families of our own. And after two or three decades, I will resume my role in the cycle as an elder. Maybe it won’t take the form of Legos and Crayons. But, the circle of the bright and golden base that adults provide, who also continue to nurture and care for the vibrant and colorful youth, will never end.

The Man Who Lives 500 Years, Packaging Tape and Mixed Media, December 2021

The distance of destruction left by a single human can extend well beyond five times their lifespan. Blurring the border of nature and human creation, my “dead” plastic human focuses on the disregard for life.

Although in the shape of a human's natural subject, it is filled with recyclable items like bottles, aluminum cans, plastic bags, shampoo and soap bottles, and masks. The empty spaces are filled with newspaper clippings and masks cascade down from the head to the feet. Defying the natural lifespan of a human, mine takes on average 500 years to fully biodegrade, if it is even possible.

Used as both a reflection of myself and my peers, the piece has unintentionally recognized the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the piece. As a result of taking my own trash, my eyes have opened to the amount of waste produced, especially during a time of medical emergency.

Although my human is made of plastic and trash, it is in the best interest of the world that it also returns to nature. As a symbol of the natural world, a red spider lily (lycoris radiata) has been stabbed into the heart of the plastic man. The red spider lily is native to China, Korea, and Nepal and holds a spot in many Asian cultures, usually as “the hell flower,” “the flower of death,” and many other synonyms for death and reincarnation. To be hopeful for change and the eradication of unnatural forces taking away life is an important part of being alive in these current times. The flower is a symbol of my wish for such change. However, it is also reflective of my surrender to the disingenuous lifestyle many have consumed as the flowers are artificially made by me.