Hi, I’m an illustrator and a printmaker :)

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Monotype Printing2025 - 2026
My practice brings together illustration, printmaking, and mixed media. I work from personal experiences, observations, and fragments of thought, often building images through layers rather than starting with a fixed composition.

Monotype has played an important role in developing this way of working. I am drawn to the physical process of printing, where each layer leaves traces of what came before and where accidents can change the direction of an image. 
My work often begins with a small observation or a feeling that stays with me. I use simplified figures, recurring images, and fragments of scenes to build visual narratives that do not always follow a linear story. I am interested in what can be suggested rather than fully explained, allowing different images and details to connect in unexpected ways.

Across my practice, I use making as a way to notice, process, and make sense of experiences. I am interested in the balance between control and chance, and in how simple images can hold more complex feelings and stories.
Growing In Blue
30cm(W) x 30cm(H)
Break Free
20cm(W) x 30cm(H)
             Like Smoke in the Wind
             20cm(W) x 30cm(H)
         VOICE
         15cm(W) x 20cm(H)
            Wish
            10cm(W) x 10cm(H)
                   Island
                   40cm(W) x 30cm(H)
You Once Appeared in My Dreams
20cm(W) x 15cm(H)
       Do You Still Remember?
       30cm(W) x 34cm(H)
        Drifting Into Dreams
        20cm(W) x 20cm(H)


🎞️ Hello? Are You There?


People who are trapped in time, fragments of memory, 
and two worlds that cannot reach each other.

This project is deeply personal to me, inspired by my grandmother who suffers from Alzheimer's.

While I study in the UK, she's far away in China. The time difference and her fluctuating state of clarity make it increasingly difficult to connect with her. This experience drove me to explore themes of time and memory, and the feeling of being trapped within time.

A central element of this project is the door, symbolizing connection and transition from one place to another.
In the context of my project, the door also hints at the unknown, just like how we never know which memory my grandmother will drift into next. For her, memories are like a maze. She wanders through them, with the passage of time losing its meaning. She can only loop through these fragments of memories in her daily life.

I feel like I'm calling out into a void, asking, "Hello, are you there?" I can't reach her world, but through this project, I hope to bridge the distance just a little.






©Caijing KuangIllustrator and printmakerConsectetur 02026
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