Cross-country exchange between Catholic St. Joseph Technical High School and Woodworking in Tokushima
Lily Chang｜Hoo Media by LIN MING-YOU
From August 12, to August 21, 2024, the Taichung Cultural Education Foundation and Architectural.
hosted the “Cross-country Exchange between Kung Tung Advanced Engineers and Tokushima Woodworking from Japan” at Feng Chia University, inviting Mr. Tominaga Keisei.and Mr. Yamaguchi Sukui, Japan's national treasured craftsmen to come to instruct and work together with the School of Architecture of Feng Chia University, the faculty of the Taiwan University of Science and Technology, the alumni of EMBA of Feng Chia University, and the board of trustees of the foundation. As the instructors, they brought an unprecedented wood art feast to 25 Gongdong engineers and students of Feng Chia University.
“Sashimono” is a traditional Japanese woodworking technique, where wood is assembled directly without the use of nails, and furniture or products made with this technique can be called finger-joining.Mr.Tominaga, who upholds the spirit of more than 40 years of professionalism and the belief of “Never Give Up, Advance Your Dreams”, personally taught and instructed the production of “Baffle Door Pieces” on August 16th, from the selection of solid wood materials, design concepts, to the structure of the structure without nails and mortise and tenon joinery, as well as the tips of gluing and papering, and passed on to the students in Taiwan the many years of experience as a professional, as well as the process of learning the old and learning the new.
In addition to exchanging ideas with Catholic St. Joseph Technical High School, Mr. Tominaga will also participate in the Feng Chia College of Architecture's annual drawing evaluation on August 20, providing valuable guidance and suggestions for the students' works.The Taichung Cultural Education Foundation and Architecture is committed to the development of Taiwan's architectural industry. In addition to the $1.5 million budget for this camp, the Foundation also donated NT$400,000 in scholarships to encourage young people to pursue their dreams and realize their potential through international exchange.
In order to express their gratitude to the Foundation, the Catholic St. Joseph Technical High School students made a handmade wooden artwork “Ruyi” on the opening day of the camp on December 12, and presented it to every VIP at the event. Through this beautiful and warm gift, they not only demonstrated their own skills, but also conveyed the students' goodwill and hope to the society. Mr.Chen , a student of Catholic St. Joseph Technical High School, was looking forward to this activity, especially the carpentry part, hoping to improve his practical skills and creative thinking; Mr.Yang , on the other hand, thought that it was a challenge for him to cooperate with everyone to complete a large piece of artwork and hoped that he would be able to cross the technological breakthroughs during the 10-day camp and return home with a full house.
About 3/4 of the land in Tokushima Prefecture in Japan is covered by forests, and it has been actively accelerating the use of recycled forestry technology to create warm spaces with natural wood materials for buildings, and at the same time to mitigate the effects of greenhouse effect. This time, we have prepared Tokushima's natural blue dye, wine containers made of Japanese cypress and cedar balls, which were presented to the foundation and students respectively, in the hope that they will experience the warm wood flavor through their five senses.