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Hua Shiun Elementary School (2009 CyberFair Project ID 5628)
Taiwan, Jhongli
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 1. Local Leaders

We estimate 12 student(s) from 11 to 12 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: There are three advantages about wooden articles of Taoyuan County. First, driftwood provides higher quality source material. Second, the climate is moist. Third, the handicraft was followed by China masters. In recent years, it has been impacting on traditional woodcarving business that factory owners established factories abroad, employed cheaper workers and had consistent works. We deeply believe that woodcarving artists in Taoyuan will create new Eastern esthetics by means of developing carving originality, developing towards visual art

Project Description: Master Jeng-Shing Jian, the woodcarving artist, born in Dasi Township in Taoyuan County, has devoted himself to woodcarving for 30 years, studied carving all gestures of lotus leaves for 10 years and gotten many awards. He got many awards from arts exhibition in Taiwan and Da Dun fine arts exhibition. He also got Taiwan Craft Family obtained by just few artists. We plan to interview Master Jeng-Shing Jian. We will study his growing process, craft learning progress and creation conception with the interview. We gather materials by interview and on-the-spot inspection.We set an interactive website, so we can share materials and discuss on-line; moreover, we draw cards of woodcarving works carved by woodcarving artists.We want to tell the public the mood and the point of view to appreciate and preserve Taiwan woodcarving.

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