[Second Prize – Category of Tradition Craft – the 2014 Taiwan Craft Competition]
Material: Wood, Makino bamboo, natural lacquer, cardboard, silver foil, fabric
The tea tray and tea guard are made from Makino bamboo, specifically the green outer layer of this bamboo, which is finely sliced into strips, woven into wavy-patterned bamboo panels, laminated to wood, and then lacquered and decorated. The tea residue container is formed using the pumpkin-skin casting technique; the coasters and the base for the tea residue container have thick cardboard as the core; the tea scoop and tea pin are carved from Makino bamboo. All was applied with the techniques of “clear lacquer covering” and “Honkataji undercoating”, and underwent a sequence of repeatedly applying gold leaf, polishing, wiping off excess lacquer, and buffing to a high gloss.
