專業: Bamboo Materials & Manufacturing

The flexibility of bamboo overlaps and twists in various ways, extending into unique appearances and expressions. Centuries ago, bamboo was an indispensable natural material in people's lives; it could be found everywhere in clothing, food, housing, and transportation. But somewhere along the way, after the popularization of industry, we all forgot how to treat the earth that nourishes us. Petrochemical plastics flooded our daily lives, utensils became increasingly disposable, replacements happened faster and faster, and bamboo products gradually disappeared from our lives.

Pao Chi Hsuan combines mediums and coatings to solve the flaws of the mediums themselves all at once, while using the original textures as an aesthetic to enhance the sense of value.

Puyuan Arts and Crafts is currently Taiwan's most robust enterprise in the research and development of laminated bamboo technology. It was founded by Mr. Dai Zheng-you in 1979. In its early days, the company primarily focused on exporting Calcutta bamboo furniture. After 1999, it also began researching and developing laminated bamboo, becoming one of the bamboo enterprises that benefited from the release of Ang Lee's 2000 film *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon*.

Taiwan Takada Co., Ltd. is currently one of the enterprises with the most robust bamboo charcoal technology R&D capabilities in Taiwan. Founded in 1980 by Mr. Liu Ching-yun, the company was taken over by his son, Liu Chung-yueh, in 1988. Following a transition in 1997 to focus on bamboo charcoal technology research and development, the company has acquired the capabilities to develop and produce products such as bamboo charcoal, white bamboo charcoal, bamboo vinegar, and bamboo charcoal yarn.

Yueshan Workshop was founded in 2002 in Zhushan Township, Nantou County, by Liu Chao-ming, a bamboo artisan and bamboo material processor from the township. It is Taiwan's last remaining smoked bamboo processing plant, renowned for using a smoking method to transform the fresh, green color of bamboo into a deep brown hue.