when he was in london, lam visited local museums to see the originals of works of art he had seen in textbooks. back in hong kong, he re-thought how to integrate his creative work in his surroundings in order to establish a closer relationship. he discovered that hong kong has a wealth of creative work and artistic resources. he was inspired to explore hollywood road in sheung wan and the hong kong heritage museum in shatin and to look at ancient pottery statues there and this led him to develop his "antique" series.