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Xiau-Fong Wee is really three different artists stuck in one body. Her work branches into three different categories each with a distinct style that covers different ideas and subjects. The images are an alternate dimension, a new world that tells a story, hints at an underlying message, and provides a small adventure for people looking in from the outside. She finds inspiration in the bizarre, and strange, as well as the beauty of what the urban environment and nature has to offer; the challenge is to connect what is unknown with what is familiar and create an altered view of aesthetics. After acquiring her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the Academy of Art University, Xiau-Fong continues to live and work in San Francisco. She works in oil and acrylic paints, as well as charcoal, for her three series 'Concrete,' 'Concept,' and 'Crinkle,' respectively. Find out more! Updates, News, Processes, Tips and Tricks at my blog: http://xiau-fong.blogspot.com E-mail: xfwbird@hotmail.com Giclée (pronounced "zhee-clay") is a neologism for the process of making fine art prints from a digital source using ink-jet printing. The word "giclée" is derived from the French language word "le gicleur" meaning "nozzle", or more specifically "gicler" meaning "to squirt, spurt, or spray". It was coined in 1991 by Jack Duganne, a printmaker working in the field, to represent any inkjet-based digital print used as fine art. The intent of that name was to distinguish commonly known industrial "Iris proofs" from the type of fine art prints artists were producing on those same types of printers. The name was originally applied to fine art prints created on Iris printers in a process invented in the early 1990s but has since come to mean any high quality ink-jet print and is often used in galleries and print shops to denote such prints. K.Olin Tribu is a French company specializing in the creation of porcelain sculptures that blend traditional craftsmanship with contemporary art. Established in 2009 by Matthieu Dutheil, a passionate collector of art toys, and a porcelain manufacturer, the company is based in Limoges, France—a region renowned for its high-quality porcelain production. K.Olin Tribu offers an alternative to vinyl figurines by producing sculptures made and decorated in Limoges, bearing the official “Porcelaine de Limoges” label. The company collaborates with graphic designers, illustrators, toy designers, and artists from graffiti, street art, and contemporary art scenes.