Made of Bamboo (2018)

Kay noticed a common scene of secondhand stools being put on the street in different neighborhoods. These shabby looking stools, however, turn out to be the link gathering people in a community. At a street corner, you will find a group of people sitting on these stools chit-chatting, sharing snacks and tea; or you will see disabled or old people gladly sit on them just to have a rest after a long walk.

When the stools are slightly broken, people repair them in their own creative ways with whatever materials available. This is how she decided the idea of my MADE OF BAMBOO project - to repair these stools on the street with used bamboo sticks, so this kind of unique community environment and culture can be kept.

She wants to demonstrate an easy way to create "Prosthetics for Furniture" so that in the future, people can consider fixing broken furniture themselves before throwing them away.


Made of Bamboo Exhibition - On craft and design thinking
Presented by Environmental Campaign Committee, Environmental Protection Department, JupYeah

舊竹製造展覽
2018

在香港社區的街頭路邊，總見不時擺放著一兩張街坊自設的各式座椅，驟眼看只是破破舊舊的小櫈。但它們卻能方便聚集街坊，三五成群坐於街角一邊閑話家常，一邊喝茶乘涼，或讓行動不便的路人坐下小休一會。隨著年月過去必有耗損，街坊習慣用盡各種方法就地取材為它逐個部份維修，也相當有趣。於是今次的作品就選擇維修街坊常坐的路邊櫈，用上常被忽略的搭棚材料──竹。修好之後會送回路邊原地，讓街坊們繼續使用。

這次維修路邊櫈的目的除了修理好一件家具外，還可以展示一個簡易方法去製作「家具義肢」，給大家參考可以自行處理破損家具。




舊竹製造展覽 — 工藝復興．設計思考
環境運動委員會、環境保護署、執嘢主辦