CROCODILE HUNTER
Steve Irwin
86 cm x 146 cm
Hope to some day give this master piece to Bindi, Steve Irwin's daughter. Maybe through the Australian Embassy or the Australian media !
Any suggestion?
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
TUN PAK LAH
TUN PAK LAH
SIZE : 8,5 FEET X 5 FEET
SHALL BE RECOGNISED AS A MALAYSIAN RECORD WAITING TO BE LAUNCHED
DYMM PERMAISURI MALAYSIA
DYMM QUEEN OF MALAYSIA
SIZE : 6 FEET X 3 FEET (APPROX.)
Given to HRH in 2007
DYMM Agong Malaysia
DYMM KING OF MALAYSIA
SIZE : 6 feet x 3 feet (approx.)
Given to DYMM on HRH's birthday in 2007
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Sunday People *NST Online
Pins and portraits
WE are advised to keep our shoes on. There are tiny pins everywhere, cautions Nason Ponniah.
Although we do not see any scattered on the floor or on the sofa, we do find a tight bunch in a deep basin, some in a tray while gazillions are stuck on a portrait of the late Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong. Rather, they make up his face.
Against a thin black rubber sheet, his pin-pricked portrait has a certain dignity and eminence, tough to bring out if your chosen medium is oil or watercolour as, when they catch the light, the tiny pinheads literally make his face and bald head glow.
At the nose area, the pins are only half depressed. It gradually eases at the sides to enhance the 3D representation of his image.
The same technique is used for other parts of the face. The brow furrows broodingly while his eyes sit on tired bags. The zig zag of his tie, meanwhile, looks silky and rich.
Nason, 54, is a real estate agent by day and a comedian by night. His performances are peppered with excellent impersonations of politicians like Tun Mahathir Mohamad, Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik and Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu.
But whatever free time he has between selling property and cracking people up, is put aside for pin art. He has been doing this for over 20 years.
“Take it out into the sun,” he tells us. So we move the unwieldy portrait weighing over 10kg out onto his apartment balcony. It literally glows in the afternoon sun.
To date, Nason has created hundreds of pieces of pin.
WE are advised to keep our shoes on. There are tiny pins everywhere, cautions Nason Ponniah.
Although we do not see any scattered on the floor or on the sofa, we do find a tight bunch in a deep basin, some in a tray while gazillions are stuck on a portrait of the late Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong. Rather, they make up his face.
Against a thin black rubber sheet, his pin-pricked portrait has a certain dignity and eminence, tough to bring out if your chosen medium is oil or watercolour as, when they catch the light, the tiny pinheads literally make his face and bald head glow.
At the nose area, the pins are only half depressed. It gradually eases at the sides to enhance the 3D representation of his image.
The same technique is used for other parts of the face. The brow furrows broodingly while his eyes sit on tired bags. The zig zag of his tie, meanwhile, looks silky and rich.
Nason, 54, is a real estate agent by day and a comedian by night. His performances are peppered with excellent impersonations of politicians like Tun Mahathir Mohamad, Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik and Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu.
But whatever free time he has between selling property and cracking people up, is put aside for pin art. He has been doing this for over 20 years.
“Take it out into the sun,” he tells us. So we move the unwieldy portrait weighing over 10kg out onto his apartment balcony. It literally glows in the afternoon sun.
To date, Nason has created hundreds of pieces of pin.
Obama inspires pin art
Friday November 21, 2008The Star
Obama inspires pin art
By LISA GOH
PETALING JAYA: Barack Obama’s victory in the US presidential race has inspired pin-artist Nason Ponniah to produce one of his best works so far.
Ponniah has completed a pin portrait of the president-elect and the 76cm by 101cm effort could end up in the White House.
About 35,000 nickle-plated pins were used and the 54-year-old artist took two weeks to complete the job.
“I felt inspired by Obama because of his promise to bring change.
“I hope people around the world, including in Malaysia, are ready for change,” he said.
Ponniah, who works as a real-estate agent, started his pin art hobby in 1984 and perfected the technique in 2001.
He has completed countless pin portraits to-date.
“I found it best to work in black and white.
“I always start with the eyes, then nose and mouth. Everything else you can play a bit with, but if you get the features, especially the eyes, wrong, it’s not him or her anymore,” he explained.
Ironically, for a person who deals with pins almost daily, Ponniah suffers from trypanophobia – a fear of injections.
“I have pricked my own fingers many times, but try bringing me to a doctor for a blood test, no way!” he said.
On the Obama portrait, Ponniah said the plan was to courier it to Washington before the president-elect is sworn in on Jan 20.
“I guess it’s my chance to tell Obama, don’t forget Malaysia,” he quipped.
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