Rugby School, Thailand (2017)
Eight Remarkable Talents of King Bhumibol Adulyadej
Technique : Applique
Size : W 700 × H 175 cm
This large masterpiece reflects the many talents of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, from craftsmanship, music, visual art, painting, sport, computing, science and technology, along with his philosophy of sufficiency economy.
Stub Scrum
Technique : Mixed media (used coloured pencil fragments, fiberglass)
Size : W 285 × H 175 cm
His Majesty, the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej was not only a proponent of sustainable living, but one of its most devoted practitioners. In his office, he would use pencils for his work that would be sharpened and reused until they were down to the nub. Inspired by this use of tools and resources to their fullest, we took fragments of coloured pencils that are a staple of school life and placed them together in a fashion reminiscent of the “scrum” formation (short for scrummage) which a method of restarting play in rugby that involves players packing closely together shoulder-to-shoulder. By joining together as a team, like a bundle of pencils versus a single pencil, we become stronger and harder to break.
Paper Trails
Technique : Mixed media (recycled paper, paper glue)
Size : W 300 × H 150 cm
Planning and constructing a school from the ground up generates a tremendous amount of paper- work, some of which has been used here to create a topographical map of Rugby School Thailand. When we talk about trails, we think of maps, but paper trails are the documented evidence used by detectives to trace the origins of an incident. Here, we trace back to the founding of this school, from being a concept “on paper”, to finally being constructed in real life, and now rendered back on paper again.
