This collection is based on my connection with the Chinese small commodity market and the toys it sold. Born and raised in an inner-city of China, the commodity market was heaven to me. My parents took me to the small commodity market to purchase toys and accessories. With ten plastic butterfly hair clips on my hair, I felt like a princess. The market is intensive and visually overwhelming as different toys piled up. Even though these toys are cheap and have quirky characteristics, they build up my fantasy. After research on the process of toy making, the preciseness of embroidery or prints and the highly engineered interior design of the toys fascinates me. If the toy is turned inside out, patterns and details never meant to be seen are now prominent physical characteristics, allowing the audience to observe the production mechanism as well as the hint of human touch. Based on this principle, the main components of my textile are the tiny laser-cut pieces. The highly controlled machine finishing and the repetition of the single objects reflect the idea of “copy and paste” from toy production. At the same time, I exhausted myself into engineering different components and embellishment to achieve intense and hyper perfection. I am using my craftsmanship to turn cheap material into more valuable goods, playing with the tension between “trash” and treasure”. The value of material can be changed by the craftsmanship as well as the memories and love attached to it. I would like to tell a real toy story through my collection and to spread the joyful memories and loves of these toys to the audience.