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| Image Rewriting
In my "Image Rewriting" series, I took advantage of the multi-layered structural characteristics of textiles to recreate images from family photos, and to explore the relationships between the characters in my childhood memories.
"Mother and Me" portrays my relationship with my mother through woven blocks of color, reflecting the unfocused yet clear memory state in my mind.
In "Subway Map", during the weaving process, each warp thread is preset in a precise position, just like the station nodes on a subway map, acting as coordinates for passengers traveling through the city. However, some memories are like warp threads suddenly being cut during the weaving, losing their alignment and direction, and leaving them forever incomplete.
"Let’s Go Out" illustrates my childhood memories of being taken out to play by adults. The structural color blocks of the multi-layered fabric creates a blurred image; human figures are extracted and "pasted" onto the fabric; the metal wires are used to represent swirling lines. These elements ultimately express a child's anxiety and unease about the outside world.
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| "Mother and Me" Four-layer Warp, Polyester／50×50 cm (2 pieces) 2003
⸻  "Subway Map" Four-layer Warp, Polyester／50×50 cm 2003 ⸻
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"The Brewing of Notes I" CAD Jacquard Hand Weaving, Polyester, Rayon／40×68 cm (4 pieces) 2006
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"The Brewing of Notes I" (Detail)
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"The Brewing of Notes II" (Whole + Detail) CAD Jacquard Hand Weaving, Polyester, Rayon／68×120 cm 2006
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"The Brewing of Notes III" (Whole + Detail) CAD Jacquard Hand Weaving, Polyester, Rayon 2006⸻
"The Brewing of Notes IV" (Whole + Detail) CAD Jacquard Hand Weaving, Polyester, Rayon 2006| Fictional Story
In “The Third Kid”, by removing the “self” from personal memories, their authenticity loses its importance. The figures in the photos are designated by the “self” as roles in a fictional story. Do the fabric folds delineate the boundary between fiction and reality? No, they are merely footers in the story text.
"Going Out - Entering the Garden" CAD Jacquard Hand Weaving, Three-layer Warp, Polyester／160×109 cm（Folded） 2012
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"Going Out - The Unknown Kid" CAD Jacquard Hand Weaving, Three-layer Warp, Polyester／112×121 cm（Folded） 2012
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"The Third Kid" (Front, Back) CAD Jacquard Hand Weaving, Three-layer Warp, Polyester／80×70 cm (Folded) 2012
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| "Going Out - Entering the Garden" CAD Jacquard Hand Weaving, Three-layer Warp, Polyester／160×109 cm（Folded） 2012 |
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| "Going Out - The Unknown Kid" CAD Jacquard Hand Weaving, Three-layer Warp, Polyester／112×121 cm（Folded） 2012 |
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| Time Rewriting
In "Field of Light", I tried to transfer the light and shadow into another field, by depicting them as imagery woven into textiles that are then folded to create a boundary between the "light and shadow" within the work, and the light and shadow in real life.
The light and shadow capture the memories from a moment in time, woven and folded into textiles, framing a fragment of time extracted from everyday life and giving it a more definite sense of existence.
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"Field of Light" CAD Jacquard Hand Weaving, Three-layer Warp, Polyester／115×140 cm (Folded) 2013
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"Field of Light－Night" CAD Jacquard Hand Weaving, Three-layer Warp, Polyester／115×160 cm（Folded） 2013
| Early Journey (2014)
One spring afternoon of 1992, I left Taiwan from Taoyuan Airport. As the plane took over and climbed, I saw vast farmland ridges one after another on the hillside for the first time. The dazzling sunset and picturesque landscapes left a deep impression in my mind.
Some time later, while drinking a cup of tea, memories of the farmland ridges came rushing back to me, for which I created four pieces of my “Early Journey” series of works as a reminder of that wonderful encounter with nature.
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Documenting the Creative Process
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Documenting the Creative Process
| Subtropical Landscape (2017)
Breezy days, while the spring is sneaking away, the summer comes. The southern ocean wind blows from the southern tip of the island, making the summer heat swell, seeping into people's bones, like they’re in a sauna.
Using woven mats as a medium, for remembering people of the past, observing the winds blowing on land like a painting. As the rain falls, new life rises, silent yet annoying, warp and weft woven in response.
| Ordinary Days
The Fabric of the "Ordinary Days" act as the Carrier of TimeFabrics are often suspended or folded into the facets of people's ordinary, everyday lives. Through close observations of their appearances, each piece of fabric seems to carry a fragment of time.
Time Behaves Like Light
Time moves only towards the "future", in the same linear passage as weaving. If we look closely at the movement of light and shadow on an object, we can observe the presence and passage of time in everyday life. Those transient objects in space seal the combination locks of time, just as they faithfully record the passage of light as vehicles of time.
On the other hand, fabric seals the moments hidden deep within memories. It's only through the warp and weft threads, colors and heddle settings, does it finally reveal those concealed memories to us.
"Under the Shadow of Happiness" CAD Jacquard Hand Weaving, Mercerized Cotton, Rush Fiber, Nylon／190×342 cm 2011
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"Facing North in the Morning" CAD Jacquard Hand Weaving, Mercerized Cotton, Rush Fiber, Nylon／330×173 cm 2012
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"Living Space" CAD Jacquard Hand Weaving, Mercerized Cotton, Rush Fiber, Nylon／348×145 cm 2012
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| "Under the Shadow of Happiness" CAD Jacquard Hand Weaving, Mercerized Cotton, Rush Fiber, Nylon／190×342 cm 2011 |
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| "Facing North in the Morning" CAD Jacquard Hand Weaving, Mercerized Cotton, Rush Fiber, Nylon／330×173 cm 2012 |
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| "Living Space" CAD Jacquard Hand Weaving, Mercerized Cotton, Rush Fiber, Nylon／348×145 cm 2012 |
| Fiber-woven Creations
One midsummer night, the sky was covered with dark clouds and the still air rang with the annoying cacophony of frogs and night owls. I soothed the restless mind with tea to wash away the drowsiness.
Thinking about the indigo-dyed rush grass from years past, the color was slightly blue and a bit gloomy. Sitting on the mat, weaving the grass the whole night, time passed leisurely. The night faded away with the break of dawn, leaving behind a scene of sleeplessness within the room.
"Sleepless Night" Hand Woven, Indigo-dyed Triangle-Cyperus Fiber／65×8×15 cm 2022
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"Tea Mat in Sleepless Night 1" Hand Woven, Indigo-dyed Triangle-Cyperus Fiber／24.5×36 cm 2022
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"Tea Mat in Sleepless Night 2" Hand Woven, Indigo-dyed Triangle-Cyperus Fiber／15×16 cm 2022
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| "Sleepless Night" Hand Woven, Indigo-dyed Triangle-Cyperus Fiber／65×8×15 cm 2022 |
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| "Tea Mat in Sleepless Night 1" Hand Woven, Indigo-dyed Triangle-Cyperus Fiber／24.5×36 cm 2022 |
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| "Tea Mat in Sleepless Night 2" Hand Woven, Indigo-dyed Triangle-Cyperus Fiber／15×16 cm 2022 |
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