Passion. It means different things to different individuals. The passion for fashion takes fashionistas from New York to Paris. Passion for food takes food lovers from one continent to another. Passion to make good music has kept the music industry evolving. Now, this is a story about two college students, whose passion made them RM 10,000 richer.
Jerry Tan Hong Theam and Ellis Un Yang Horng are very passionate about their work. They pay attention to the tiniest detail and nothing skips their sight. Imperfection would mean compromising the quality of their work. So, when Jerry first saw an advertisement of a design competition, he knew what he had to do. He also knew there would be hard work and sleepless nights involved. But, he was determined to do it. He also knew he was working against the clock. He went looking for a partner, someone who could help him and someone who shares his passion for design. That someone was Ellis Un. They immediately got down to work and started discussing details like material, rendering, measurement and colour. They said that they maximised their drawing skills especially in 3D as they worked on the sculpture.
Jerry is a second year Interior Design student who wanted to take part in this competition to gauge his designing skills in a high-profile competition. Ellis, who is in her final year of the Diploma in Interior Design, reckoned that the competition would work in her favour and give her some experience and exposure before she graduates and ventures into the working world.
The theme of the competition was ‘Tomorrow’s Butterfly, Tomorrow’s Penang.’ Jerry’s mind was already busy churning ideas when he saw the theme of the competition. He shared his thoughts with his partner, Ellis and she thought that the idea was creative and original. She was all for it. Though they had the idea worked out in their minds, researching and sourcing for material was entirely a different ball game. After four months of research, the duo finally decided on the kind of material they wanted to use and how the sculpture was going to look like. It took them a week to put the sculpture together.
The finished sculpture had many meanings to it. Mainly, it represented unity among the three races in Penang; the Malays, Chinese and Indians. The base of the sculpture is a map of Penang Island that is segregated into five parts, symbolising the elements of fire, water, wood, gold and earth. Jerry and Ellis implied that the base was segregated to give Penang Island good ‘feng shui’ or good energy. The sculpture was made of three pieces of paper clay that were shaped to look like the map of the Penang Island. The three pieces were then arranged vertically in such a way where they were able to hold up a globe made of wires on the top, representing the world.
Jerry and Ellis wanted to convey an important message through their sculpture. They wish to highlight that Penang Island can be at par with other cities in the world if only all races put their differences aside and worked together. They believe that only through unity, can a nation be at peace and harmony. Jerry added that they managed to get the work done in one week because they worked as a team. They reaped the fruits of their labour when their design won the first prize at the competition. The dynamic duo also said that they learned a lot from this competition and managed to enhance their designing skills. They expressed their heartfelt gratitude to their lecturers and classmates for the support and help that they received when they were working on the project.
Jerry Tan Hong Theam and Ellis Un Yang Horng are very passionate about their work. They pay attention to the tiniest detail and nothing skips their sight. Imperfection would mean compromising the quality of their work. So, when Jerry first saw an advertisement of a design competition, he knew what he had to do. He also knew there would be hard work and sleepless nights involved. But, he was determined to do it. He also knew he was working against the clock. He went looking for a partner, someone who could help him and someone who shares his passion for design. That someone was Ellis Un. They immediately got down to work and started discussing details like material, rendering, measurement and colour. They said that they maximised their drawing skills especially in 3D as they worked on the sculpture.
Jerry is a second year Interior Design student who wanted to take part in this competition to gauge his designing skills in a high-profile competition. Ellis, who is in her final year of the Diploma in Interior Design, reckoned that the competition would work in her favour and give her some experience and exposure before she graduates and ventures into the working world.
The theme of the competition was ‘Tomorrow’s Butterfly, Tomorrow’s Penang.’ Jerry’s mind was already busy churning ideas when he saw the theme of the competition. He shared his thoughts with his partner, Ellis and she thought that the idea was creative and original. She was all for it. Though they had the idea worked out in their minds, researching and sourcing for material was entirely a different ball game. After four months of research, the duo finally decided on the kind of material they wanted to use and how the sculpture was going to look like. It took them a week to put the sculpture together.
The finished sculpture had many meanings to it. Mainly, it represented unity among the three races in Penang; the Malays, Chinese and Indians. The base of the sculpture is a map of Penang Island that is segregated into five parts, symbolising the elements of fire, water, wood, gold and earth. Jerry and Ellis implied that the base was segregated to give Penang Island good ‘feng shui’ or good energy. The sculpture was made of three pieces of paper clay that were shaped to look like the map of the Penang Island. The three pieces were then arranged vertically in such a way where they were able to hold up a globe made of wires on the top, representing the world.
Jerry and Ellis wanted to convey an important message through their sculpture. They wish to highlight that Penang Island can be at par with other cities in the world if only all races put their differences aside and worked together. They believe that only through unity, can a nation be at peace and harmony. Jerry added that they managed to get the work done in one week because they worked as a team. They reaped the fruits of their labour when their design won the first prize at the competition. The dynamic duo also said that they learned a lot from this competition and managed to enhance their designing skills. They expressed their heartfelt gratitude to their lecturers and classmates for the support and help that they received when they were working on the project.
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