An Experimental Project
in Taiwan
地方剪花活：剪紙合作社
－ 臺灣剪紙的實驗田野
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I’m also from Tainan. The lagoons, mangroves, and salt fields along the west coast were places I often visited with my family as a child—open, quiet, and filled with bright sunlight. During the design phase, I spent a lot of time in the library, and found myself drawn to book designs from the 1950s to 70s, in both Japanese and Chinese contexts—their modest textures, simple structures, and materials that have gradually fallen out of fashion.
So when designing this book, I wanted to bring in something “old”: using Leathac paper for the cover, along with woodfree paper, kraft paper, and rough light grey stock, while also referencing symbols often found in older books. I imagined the paper-cutting works by Tainan’s aunties—how, within these materials, their vitality and sense of play could be reactivated.
「剪紙合作社計畫」在2016 年啟動，以臺南鹽份地帶為中心，帶領 20 位婦女及其家庭為核心成員，以剪紙創作為基礎形式，透過不同社群的交流，試圖建立屬於臺灣的在地性剪紙田野。”
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我也是台南人，台南西海岸一路往北的潟湖、紅森林，鹽田一帶，小時候常常跟家人到那裡出遊，記憶裡是空曠、靜謐、陽光閃亮。
在設計發想階段時，我常去圖書館找資料，發現自己特別喜歡50至70年代的日文、中文的裝幀設計，樸實的質感、簡單的架構，漸漸不再「流行」的材質，都特別吸引我
所以設計這本書時，我心也要想放進一些「舊的」，例如封面的萊尼紙、模造面色紙、牛皮紙以及粗面的淺灰色紙，並試著重現一些舊書裡會出現符號。
我想著臺南阿姨的剪紙作品們，在這樣的材質中，也可以重現出其中的生命力和趣味
謝謝耿禎答應我最後版權頁上的任性「藏書票」設定，每本書都有他親自剪下的剪紙作品！
editorial Team: Jam Wu, Wang-Han-Fang, Kofu Lin
art direction: Kuo Yi Chiau
design: Kuo Yi Chiau, Yi Yi Cheng
client: Jam Wu
2021
art direction: Kuo Yi Chiau
design: Kuo Yi Chiau, Yi Yi Cheng
client: Jam Wu
2021