Re-Creating the Value of Recycling—The design of draft wood clocks

• Main Authors: Zong-Han Ye, 葉宗翰
• Other Authors: 卓聖格
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/qqmetu

碩士 === 國立臺中科技大學 === 商業設計系碩士班 === 103 === Re-Creating the Value of Recycling—The design of draft wood clocks Student：Zong-Han Ye Advisors：Shen-ko Cho Department of Commercial Design National Taichung University of Science and Technology ABSTRACT Lots of damages in Taiwan caused by typhoons and floods bring us abundant driftwoods. These woods are fine materials for arts and environmental educations. The main target of this project was to introduce external and internal driftwood elements in the form and textures to the public, and work with driftwoods with crude or smooth textures. Meanwhile, the project would present the art value of driftwoods in each different process. The driftwoods that had stood the test of times were perfect materials for handmade clocks, which were bound up with lives we led. The project, one example of green design, reformed time of Nature into wooden clocks to enrich lives, and hoped to draw attention to environment protection. In the research, materials were collected on the riverbank of Dajia River and Daan River in the central region of Taiwan. In the process of gathering, disposing and recognizing different driftwoods, the artist kept thinking about how to play special advantages of these woods, and combine them with modern concept of creation. The design elements people were used to in their lives were added into the natural form of driftwoods to make them more noticeable and valuable. The observation and study in the project summed up natural elements in driftwoods, and the artist proposed four serials of artworks based on the observation including “wooden colors”, “wooden forms”, “wooden grains” and “wood splicing,” which were 16 timing devices made of driftwoods. The utilization of aluminum alloy, geometric modeling and the practical elongated supporter made full use of their advantages and allowed these clocks to play bigger roles in our lives. Such designs broadened the possibility of use and had higher art values, and extended more space for future artists to contemplate in terms of driftwood arts. Keywords：draft wood、green design、clock、recycling