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Reborn እንጨይታዊ ዕፂ by Chu Jou, Yu Hsuan, Fan Xuan and Ching Ching

Reborn እንጨይታዊ ዕፂ by Chu Jou, Yu Hsuan, Fan Xuan and Ching Ching is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ስነ-ጥበብን ምትካል ስነ-ጥበብን Competition Category.


ሓጺንስነ-ጥበብ· 2023

Reborn እንጨይታዊ ዕፂ

by Chu Jou, Yu Hsuan, Fan Xuan and Ching Ching

Client: Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Deparment

ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ስነ-ጥበብ Category

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The Design

About Reborn እንጨይታዊ ዕፂ

ካብ ኢንዱስትሪ ቅርስቲ ንዝተጐዓዘን ዝተረፈን እንጨይቲ፡ ኣብ ባህርያዊ ኩርባዊ ገጽ እንጨይቲ ብቴክኒክ ምትሓዝ ብረት ብምጥቃም፡ ክብሪ የፍርይ። ብመልክዕ ህይወት ናይ ዝዓብዩ ዘርእታት ዝተነቓቐሐ እዩ፡ ሽበርቃ ናይ ነሓስ ኣብ ዕፅፊ እንጨይቲ ተሰርዝ፡ ከምኡውን ከም መልክዕ ሱራት ንእንጨይታዊ ዕፂ ንምድጋፍ ናብ ደገ ይዝርጋሕ። እቲ ቅርጺ ተግባራዊ ጥቕሚ ኣለዎ፡ ዝተረፈ እንጨይቲ ንምትካል ናብ መእከቢ ስለ ዝስራሕ፡ ንዝነቕል ዘርኢ ዝመስል፡ ዑደት ህይወት ይምልክት። እቲ ዝውሕዝ ብረታዊ ቅርጺ ሱር ስምዒት ህይወታዊነት ይህብ፡ ንዝንቀሳቐስ ህያው ፍጡር ዝመስል እዩ።

The Recognition

About the ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award

Reborn እንጨይታዊ ዕፂ ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ካብ ጽቡቕ ዝተዳለዉ ፍጥረታት ዝጽበዩ ሞያውን ኢንዱስትሪኣውን ጠለባት ንዝመላኡ ጽቡቓት ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ሓጺን ዓቢ ክእለት፣ ልዑል ፍሉይነት፣ ክኢላዊ ርድኢትን ፈጠራዊ ዓቕምን ፈጣርዮም የርእዩ። Reborn እንጨይታዊ ዕፂ ብብዙሕ ዝተመነየ፣ ዝደነቐን ዝፈተዎን፣ ተግባራውን ሓድሽን ፍጥረት ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ንዝበለጹ ልምድታት ኢንዱስትሪ የጣምር፣ ምስ ፍልጠትን ተውህቦን ዝተኣሳሰሩ ብቑዓት ቴክኒካውያን ባህርያት ድማ ኣለዎ። Reborn እንጨይታዊ ዕፂ ብጥንቃቐኡ ይኽበር፣ ንዓለም ዝሓሸ ቦታ ክትኸውን ዝሕግዙ ምምሕያሻት መዓርግ ህይወት ንምቕራብ ድማ ዝተዳለወ እዩ።

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The pattern on this wooden vase artwork is inlaid on a three-dimensional spherical wood surface. Inspired by growing seeds, brass wire is embedded on the wood following the wood grain, with some extending out as the shape of seed roots to support the wooden vase. The pattern has functional uses as wood leftovers are made into a container for planting, resembling a sprouting seed, symbolizing the cycle of life. The flowing metal root shape gives a sense of vitality, resembling a moving organism.
Dimensions & Packaging
Material: teak wood, brass, glass.
Dimensions: Round seed: Length 15cm x Width 9cm x Height 14cm, Gourd-shaped seed: Length 20cm x Width 11cm x Height 17cm, Eggplant-shaped seed: Length 23cm x Width 8.5cm x Height 22.5m, Elliptical seed: Length 30cm x Width 9cm x Height 10cm.
Tags
Wooden, Vase, Metal, Inlaid Technique, Art Craft, Brass, Leftover
Production Technology
Material: teak, brass, glass.
Production technology: lathe turning out of the basic shape of wood, hand-polished wood appearance,hand-welded metal, inlaid metal, hand-dyed spray
painting.
Surface treatment: spray transparent protective paint after dyeing and then polish and trim the surface to smooth, this process is repeated 2-3 times after polishing the metal, and finally spray a laver of transparent protective paint to prevent brass oxidation.
Design Challenge
To support the wood above, a thicker and harder brass wire was used for the extended structure. However, the ends of the wire tended to curl up when embedded on the curved surface. To enhance the metal's stability on the wood, eight types of glue were tested and the problem was resolved by referencing riveting techniques. When grinding the pointed end of the wire, it tended to become too thin and curl up, but after trying various methods, the issue was resolved.
Research
Type of study: technology, art.
Goal: Apply planar tessellation techniques to surface tessellation.
Methods: Technical application analysis, process technology analysis, material analysis, practical operation experiment.
Data collection: self-observation experience, books, online work observation.
Research tools:
metalworking tools,
woodworking tools, all kinds of drills, all kinds of grinding tools.
Inspiration
We discovered leftover wood from furniture making and decided to utilize our metalworking skills to combine it with metal through inlaying techniques. After observing that metal inlaying on wood is often flat and purely decorative, we aimed to create something different. We used our craft skill to create new value from the leftover material by combining the gentle nature and unique wood grain of the wood with the idea of the cycle of life, resulting in this artistic piece.
Project Duration
The project began in June 2021 and was completed in Tainan, Taiwan in March 2022.
Operation Flow
The holes on the flower vessel contain glass containers that can be filled with water to grow aquatic plants, resembling a germinating seed from a distance. Other items can be inserted into the container for decoration, or it can be used as a standalone art piece.
Team Members
Instructor: ChungSheng Chen
Designer:ChuJou Chen
Designer: YuHsuan Chen
Designer: FanXuan Yang
Designer: ChingChing Weng
Tainan University of Technology Product Design Dept
Image Credits
Image#1~#5: ChuJou Chen/ YuHsuan Chen/ FanXuan Yang/ ChingChing Weng

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