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The runner-up is The Dream of Burying Our Heads in the Sand created by Zhou You-Zhen. The work is a relief printing
carved on an extra-heavy gauge, and then painted with pastels. Amongst the vivid landscape scenery, she also illustrated people
burying their heads in the sand in reference to the work s subject, representing an escape from the danger of reality and society. To
not take everything seriously and to escape from the laws of nature is a search for a unique mindset.

Printing on a heavy plaster board is very challenging because it is very fragile, making the process time-consuming. Therefore,
it is rare that an artist gets to finish such works. The only flaw of this piece is a stain left by the rubbing and printing process.

The second runner-up is As Time Goes By , created by Wang Yu-Chi. This is a traditional panel work, printed on a PS board
installed in a camera to sense light during photography. The composition has a meticulous tension. It elaborates on the idea that time
waits for no man as facial appearances age with the vicissitudes of life and there is an awareness of bittersweet joys and sorrows
together with the hope of gathering life's power and energy through introspection. The flaw of this piece is the overflowing content.
If the creator becomes more aware of the composition, she will begin to generate better results.

An Award of Merit goes to An Absent Occasion created by Ku Yi-Chun. The work was made on a medal plate, carved with
deep-etching skills, and printed with a single color. The etching ended up very good. The image clearly shows the flustered anxiety in
one s mind. It is very praiseworthy to apply deep-etching to a metal plate in order to provide such visual effects. Yet the lack of depth
in its layer can be fixed by applying resin aquatint or direct etching. This is a very promising author with a bright future.

Another Award of Merit went to Objects III created by Pawel Delekta, who was born in Poland. He composed this work with
surrealism, reserving spots on the large panel for objects and shadows. He then evenly distributed slow-dry glue, similar to resin
gelatin, and stirred it to form an uneven surface to print on with an embossing plate when dry. He introduces the cycle of reality by
using circular symbols, just like placing spatial blocks on the landscape background of a big architectural agglomeration to show the
clash of that and what . This is a brilliant, creative piece.

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