蛭四感 / Sep.2006銀．玻璃．紅銅．Led燈
Sterling silver, Glass, Copper, Led
在2006年的4月，我發現了台灣工藝研究所開了＂脫腊鑄造玻璃多媒材燈飾設計＂的課程，即使遠在鶯歌上課，卻還是一鼓腦的報名，送出我的設計圖，等待消息。幸運的我也上了榜，如願的可以在每個禮拜六到鶯歌上一整天的研習課程。雖然每個禮拜六要一大早出門，先坐火車到桃園，再坐客運到上課的地方，但每次上課都感覺無比的快樂，再辛苦也甘之如飴。
終於，再經過一個半月左右的課程與製作之後，我的玻璃部分完成了。本來以為玻璃製作完了，金屬的部分會比較容易製作，結果實際上並非如此。我選擇了當時熟悉的蠟雕技法，製作金屬的部分，但因為玻璃的體積比一般金工或珠寶作品大的許多，所以光要做出貼合的蠟就花了許多功夫。而製作出蠟雕元件之後，要翻成何種金屬也是一大難題，一般以脫蠟鑄造翻銀或銅的工廠並不能翻造如此大件的作品，而用翻砂鑄造，我的作品又雕的過薄。最後，終於被我找到可以翻造如此大件作品的銀工廠，花了一萬大洋完成了這件作品金屬部分。
然後再克服了需要加的燈光元件（Led），跟紫外線膠的使用方法之後，我的小蛭四隻終於到位了。而這次難能可貴的經驗，也已經成為了我生命裡不可取代的快樂時光之一，我會永遠記得那段頂著大太陽，在窯工廠和教室來回奔波，揮汗如雨製作作品的經驗。
而最後作品的好壞，真的不是最重要的，重要的是那一步步前進，完成作品的珍貴過程。
/ photo by 陳 志成 /
When I was a little girl, I love to pick up the glass which was broken to pieces on my way home from the school. Because the glass always shines like a gem by reflecting sunshine. I can't stop gathering the most beautiful ones and put them into my pocket, even I will be cut by them.
I like the property of the glass. It can be meltd like the water in 1,450°C, also can become solid in 450°C. It always is unique in the world because of it's color and the way it made by.
That's the reason why when I found the mix-media class of National Taiwan Craft Research Institute (NTCRI), I can't wait to join it. The class is about how to mix the light and casting glass. I need to make my design worked.
This is the first time I learned about casting technique of glass. It's a little different from the casting of metel. There are many processes I need to solve and do by myself. And I really learned a lot and had a lot of fun in this class. I also met so many masters who are really experts of craft. It is a precious experience and already became the happiest time of my life.
At the end, the goodness or the basness of the work doesn't mean anything to me. The most important thing is what I learned and what problems I solved in this class.
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