Artist Hong Yi, aka Red created a portrait of Jackie Chan out of 64,000 disposable bamboo chopsticks to celebrate the actor's 60th birthday.
"It wasn't easy to choose the material for Jackie's piece. He is a world famous actor, an exceptional martial arts fighter, an environmentalist, and one of the most well-known faces internationally! I finally decided on chopsticks because Jackie had used them in some of the fighting scenes in his movies the Fearless Hyena and Karate Kid, and because chopsticks are Chinese."
"As he is also an environmentalist, I used disposable bamboo chopsticks to show that discarded materials can be reused and made into something meaningful and beautiful. This art installation is a tribute to the life, art and cultural significance of Jackie Chan."
"This piece was inspired by his chopsticks battle scene in the Fearless Hyena. There are 60 bamboo holders with skewers in them that form the Chinese character 'long' (dragon) in different styles, because Jackie's Chinese name is 'Chen Long'. So honored to present it at his concert on 6/4/14. Happy 60th birthday, Jackie!"
"I spent a month collecting 64,000 chopsticks, in Zhejiang and in Beijing. I tied them into different bundle sizes with strings, and then hung them on a steel frame."
"This was a hanging piece that had to be suspended with steel cables, so I had to make sure that it was structurally stable enough to carry that many chopsticks."
"I also hung 60--for Jackie's 60th birthday--bamboo chopstick holders filled with skewers that formed the word 'long' (dragon) because Jackie's name in chinese means "Dragon". The installation is best viewed from the front, where the portrait is most visible. From its side, waves of chopsticks tied in bundles is seen."
Check her other artworks here, here and here :)
Check her blog: http://www.ohiseered.com
"It wasn't easy to choose the material for Jackie's piece. He is a world famous actor, an exceptional martial arts fighter, an environmentalist, and one of the most well-known faces internationally! I finally decided on chopsticks because Jackie had used them in some of the fighting scenes in his movies the Fearless Hyena and Karate Kid, and because chopsticks are Chinese."
"As he is also an environmentalist, I used disposable bamboo chopsticks to show that discarded materials can be reused and made into something meaningful and beautiful. This art installation is a tribute to the life, art and cultural significance of Jackie Chan."
"This piece was inspired by his chopsticks battle scene in the Fearless Hyena. There are 60 bamboo holders with skewers in them that form the Chinese character 'long' (dragon) in different styles, because Jackie's Chinese name is 'Chen Long'. So honored to present it at his concert on 6/4/14. Happy 60th birthday, Jackie!"
"I spent a month collecting 64,000 chopsticks, in Zhejiang and in Beijing. I tied them into different bundle sizes with strings, and then hung them on a steel frame."
"This was a hanging piece that had to be suspended with steel cables, so I had to make sure that it was structurally stable enough to carry that many chopsticks."
"I also hung 60--for Jackie's 60th birthday--bamboo chopstick holders filled with skewers that formed the word 'long' (dragon) because Jackie's name in chinese means "Dragon". The installation is best viewed from the front, where the portrait is most visible. From its side, waves of chopsticks tied in bundles is seen."
Check her other artworks here, here and here :)
Check her blog: http://www.ohiseered.com
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