DReaM CaTCHeR

It was a fair weather when I started to unpacked the things I have bought a couple of weeks ago from a native store.

Ratan rings, ropes, beads, sinews…and they were asking what am I gonna do with those….I always say…”just wait and see…J”

Then I start to separate the ropes…they were intrigue more…and they started to help…

It’s amusing to watch how my mother wrap the ropes around the ring while my mother-in-law of my brother separate the ropes under a warm sunny day…I was full of zeal.

Even though they have no idea what they’re doing they were so eager to help, maybe they are excited with what the project would be…

I’ve been always fascinated by DREAM CATCHERS …they’re like mystical objects for me and very interesting. I also like it’s pattern.

Dream Catchers are charms that is used by native Americans to protect there children from bad dreams. It’s made from wooden hoop and sinew with beads and feather as decoration. It is said that good dreams are filtered in dream catcher and it slide down through the feathers to the dreamer allowing them to dream good while bad dreams are caught in the net and vanish with the coming of daylight.

So as my project for the week I made my own version of a dream catcher…:D it’s very amateur but I think I like it much.:D

Hope it captures all of my ambitious, large-scale grand dreams.^_^v

Hmmm gonna sleep now and try it…ha!

DReaM Ring

This is my "dream ring""

It may be just a ratan with coconut palm as wrap around lace and looks very native but when I tried it on,I knew this is what was looking for.

My "dream ring" is just a lame version (but I still believe it's bloody brilliant) of the
classic promise knot.


The idea of having a "dream ring" surge within me after reading a book about hand printing. Of course it didn't say there that you should buy a ring and put it round your middle finger, but it told me what I like most. ART. Creativity, materials, designs and ideas. I started to imagine my creation, I started to consider materials I have to buy, what to have and what to make. I was consumed by my desire that I thought of a way that will make me never forget and kept reminded. So the idea of having a "dream ring" sprung.

Unlike the promise knot, a ring can be easily worn and offers fitment. A ring can also be classy and elegant at the same time. The ring need not be native,nor gold or silver. As long as that ring will be slip on with the noble purpose of representing your dream, keeping you reminded of your dream...then any ring will do.
dream ring"

My " dream ring" was not just fashioned and conceived only because of the hand printing book that I've read and rekindled my passion for art but because this ring will represent my definitive dream. The dream that for me may seem elusive and intangible at times. This dream, is my momentum. This dream, would be my life...and it would be nice to have a little ring wrap around my finger, because I believe that only you can know how to keep your dreams alive.