Model // Artist
Biography
Grace Ling has participated in several modelling competitions including TheNewPaper New Face 2014. She shares her modelling experiences and insider's perspective on the fashion industry. She hopes to influence and inspire her readers. Grace incorporates her knowledge of modelling into her artistic practice.
Grace has worked with a
wide range of disciplines, including sculpture, printmaking, drawing, painting,
installations, performance, photography, media arts, ceramics, writing and
industrial as well as fashion design. She has won and participated in several awards and competitions
both local and international, including the 2013 Vegetal Chair Competition by
SPACE and DesignSingapore Council, as well as the
Artist Statement
"My practice revolves around my material explorations in sculpture and fashion design. I enjoy creating everyday objects like chairs, bags, wallets, phone covers, dresses and
garments and make them unconventional yet comfortable to use. I also explore a
lot with the structure of a human body that I can a lot of times incorporates
into fashion design. I work around the theme of nature. This can be evident
from my love for the mediums like wood and leather. I explore other mediums
like bronze, glass, lucite and ceramics too. I likes the idea of mediums being
raw and unpolished to highlight its authenticity such as raw crystals. My
love for wood developed ever since I was a child as my father works as a
commercial artist and wood is a constant essential need to build things, so I
started using my father’s wood workshop and explored different techniques like
carving, sanding, polishing, sawing and drilling. I would say that I am very
detailed in my works and I hold a great value in quality and craftsmanship. I
also like to use very natural color schemes like brown, nude, green, oak and
tan. I also practice other art forms such as playing the piano and the flute."
