Bas-Relief Panels
Nearly 6 years in the making, to design, build and install 12 large Bas Reliefs in time with the opening of the new train station, we became another contractor working alongside the main construction team.
North, South, East & West. Each panel is a scene from a compass-point perspective inspired by the grid-like roads of Sai Ying Pun: North to the harbour, South up the hilly roads facing the mountains, East towards Central and West towards Western district. Each panel is depicted at a different season.
The twelve Bas-Relief panel designs for Sai Ying Pun MTR station
Construction of the escalator, FRP panel, 2.4m x 2.2m Centre street facing south, towards Caine Road. Christmas, represented by gold-covered pots of red poinsettia's, festive decorations and people in winter clothes.
After the typhoon, FRP panel, 2.4m x 2.2m Facing east towards IFC. Summer represented by the after-effects of a typhoon, blown out umbrellas and broken trees, as the sun breaks through.
Fruit stall, FRP panel, in acrylics 2.4m x 1. 6m Real fruits - lychees, pineapples, durian - as well as garlic, ginger, walnuts, noodles (and even light bulbs) were cast from life, giving a realistic texture.
Lunar New Year, FRP panel, 2.4m x 2.2m Queens Road West, Lunar New Year, symbolised by an auspicious orange tree being wheeled into the scene. 2011, the Year of the Snake, the side of the tram decorated with a golden snake.
Shoe stall, FRP panel, painted 2.4m x 2.2m Mid-Autumn Festival - a girl, being carried by her grandmother, holds a traditional fish lantern ready for the evening moon festival. As a woman nearby tries on shoes …
Fish stall, FRP panel in acrylics 2.4 x 1.6m Fishmonger smoking. One of my favourite panels as the little boy is my son watching the crabs blow bubbles.
Dai Pai Dong (outdoor eating place) FRP bas-relief panel, in acrylics 2.4m x 2.2m Every panel has a lone foreigner, spot the pink shirt eating under the umbrella. The old lady moves between the two panels, burning paper money during Hungry Ghost Festival.
Tea shop, FRP bas-relief panel, in acrylics 2.4m x 2.2m Tea shop based on a traditional shop in Queens Road West. The man holding the tea cake is my father, the old man behind is calculating the bill with a wooden abacus.
Car mechanics, FRP panel 2.4m x 1.6m (cropped section) showing the resident dogs keeping one eye open. The mechanic is playing bubble blast and burst game on his iPhone 3 the latest phone the time this panel was made….
Sophisticuts, FRP bas-relief panel, in acrylics 2.4m x 2.2m Based on a hairdresser located up the steep steps before the escalator was built. The flames are being stoked by the old lady, appeasing hungry ghosts.
Lantern shop, FRP bas-relief panel 2.4m x 2.2m Paper worshipping shop, in the lead-up to the Mid-Autumn Festival. Popular cartoon characters lanterns. Angry Birds were a big craze, as was the film Cars. Placing it in time..
Dried seafood panel, FRP panel 2.4m x 2.2m Note the man delivering the large bottles of water, he appears in another panel walking home with his vegetables from the market, see panel with the lady trying on shoes…