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Loofah Porcelain Lamps

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Country	Chinese Taipei
Year	2024
Award	WINNER
Affiliation	Shih Chien University
Designer	Po Yu Lin
Description(English)	Loofah fiber are commonly used in Taiwanese culture, from household items to folk art. This project aims to use nature as the body and ceramic clay slurry as the method to transform the fiber, which is easily affected by the environment, into a ceramic material through firing, attempting to give the material a semi-permanent existence. Testing the formability of different fiber structures on the mortar, not all of which can be successfully imprinted. Among the feasible fiber structures, testing the thickness of the applied mortar and the structural strength to determine a stable approach in the experiment.
Description(Native)	絲瓜絡為台灣文化中民用的物件，從民用至民藝，日常的使用帶來實用性，取代當初我們對植物生成纖維的方式的直觀想像，將視野重新回歸觀看的本質之上。試圖以拓印的方式，將自然中生成式的邏輯帶入產品。本次計畫希望以自然為身體，瓷土沾漿為方法，將容易受環境影響的纖維，藉由窯燒將纖維瓷化。藉由測試不同纖維結構，在瓷漿上的成形反應，在過程中發現並非全部都能成功拓印下纖維結構。上漿的厚薄影響結構成形。厚實的漿體能使結構更穩固，卻容易使細節失真；過薄的漿體雖能保留原型，在燒製時因熔融狀而容易斷裂。在可行的纖維結構中，測試上漿厚度與結構強度，測試材質穩定的方式，最終選擇以切片方式串連與組構，嘗試賦予材質半永久性的存在，轉化日常中被忽視的事物。
Website	www.behance.net/gallery/166574003/Loofah-Porcelain-Lamps
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Judging Comments	This project innovatively combines loofah fiber with ceramic clay slurry, transforming the traditionally perishable material into durable ceramics through firing. By testing various fiber structures and mortar thicknesses, the design achieves a stable, semi-permanent material. This method preserves cultural heritage while promoting sustainability, earning high praise for its creative integration of nature and technology.

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