Making a Mark - Contemporary Art & Design Exhibition

Making a Mark - Contemporary Art & Design Exhibition
8 Nov-10 Nov
Candid Art Gallery
This exhibition was held by the MA students at Loughborough University in School of Art.



Those frames were made by cardboard, printed acetate and felt (to absorb the essential oils).

Each frame represent the different element with its own scent in Chinese Five Element. All picture inside were the collection of the Scent Ballad and chosen by the feature of each element as well.

Furthermore, the frame symbolise the window - When you touch it, open it, you’ll see the scenery with a fragrance.

Element: Wood
Season: Spring
Fragrance: Bergamot, Orange, Neroli

Element: Fire
Season: Summer
Fragrance: Jasmine, Ylang Ylang, Orange

Element: Earth
Season: Late Summer
Fragrance: Vetiver, Cardamom, Rose

Element: Metal
Season: Autumn
Fragrance: Pine, Marjoram, Cypress

Element: Water
Season: Winter
Fragrance: Geranium, Sandalwood, Jasmine

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MA Show at Loughborough University 2012

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Scent Ballad - The design of frames (2012)

This design was made as the frame for the collection work of Scent Ballad. The outcome was displayed in the Making a Mark - Contemporary Art & Design Exhibition in Nov 2012.

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Scent Ballad - No.03: The Journey of Time (Bus Shelters) (2012)

As we walk, our senses constantly probe the world, focusing the material world through the lens of our perception and experiences. While you read this sentence, the second hand creeps clockwise a little bit further. When did you begin to count Time? The fragrance of springtime blossom, the crunch of snow. These beautiful details are ignored when you check the time strapped to your wrist. Nature is obsolete. Day by day, year by year, the past repeats itself. You fail to realise the time speeding by until you look in the mirror, count the wrinkles on your face. Nothing can halt the march of Time.

As we wait for the bus, you look around. A child is tugging at his mother’s skirts. “I’m hungry”, he says. “I want to go home”. Someone in a suit is busy on the phone, their mind never in the present moment. Day by day, year by year. In Life, the view through the window constantly changes. Every person, with their own window, sees the world through slightly different eyes. Memories and dreams may transcend time and space, but back in reality the second hand creeps onward.

This project is a conceptual installation at several bus shelters, exploring the human spirit through the media of graphic design, colour, aromatherapy and experimentation with Time. These aim to uncover long-lost memories from the subconscious of the audience, giving the audience a feeling of connection, of spirituality. The buses don’t only symbolise Life, but also a continuous cycle of time and nature. Life is a cycle during which Change is the only constant. Throughout we are plagued by our dreams and memories, our only escape from the daily grind.

The river flows to the sea, day by day, year by year. While waiting for the bus to arrive, sit down, have a break, and enjoy.

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Scent Ballad - No.03: The Journey of Time (Display) (2012)

Breathe. Can you smell that bittersweet fragrance? Time passes with the passing of the scent. The moment eludes us; we humans can only sense the movement of time. We can never truly stand still, but only watch as the river flows smoothly past our feet. However, we can draw patterns. Cycles and repetitions are an integral part of Nature. The tides, the seasons. Our lives, full of their own little rhythms and commonalities.

Breath deep. There it is again, that scent. It triggers memories; existing in the conscious, unconfined by time and space. Transcendent fragments which compose our lives. Set forth on your journey along the river and be sure to catch the most colourful, the most beautiful experiences for yourself. Capture them within a touch, a taste, a sight, a sound.

A scent.

Material: Printed Acetate, Felt, Essential Oils

The best way to display this project would be to hang it from the ceiling in a circle, to represent the circle of time. However, the previous space was not large enough to accommodate this, so I compromised and hung it along the wall (as seen in the photo).

     The Process of making

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