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Profile Established in 1976, with over 30 years of experience, Anta Kiln is company specializes in the design, manufacturing, and sales of ceramic ware. Endeavoring on the research and development, it works to breakthrough the bottleneck of the application of glaze. As a result, it is successful in applying glaze used in art on daily utensils. Insisting on using “local resources”, from plaster molding to firing of embryos, Anta has set up a consistent process of firing different ceramic wares, dully utilized resources of ceramic industry in Yingge. Working towards the goal of environmental protection, all the refuse produced in the production process are recycled and used in other industry. By doing so, Anta expects to accomplish the goal of sustainable craft and a green industry with zero pollution.
Contact

Contact Person: Sun Chung-chie    Tel.: 886-2-26796285    Fax: 886-2-26707172
Website: http://www.anta.com.tw    E-mail:anta@anta.com.tw

26.2×19×10 cm
Ceramic

White Tea Set with Butterflies Patterns(1Teapot, 2 Cups, and 2 Pads)

Simple, white, and elegant as lanolin, its color is soft and tender. The tea set is beautiful and tranquil, saturated with Oriental beauty. With picture painted by hand, it captures the moment of the butterflies’ flying. Decorating the surfaces elegantly, it leaves deep impression in people’s hearts.

25×22.8×10 cm
Ceramic

Blue Ceramic Tea Set

Blue ceramic(also known as Celadon), Its naming originated from an ancient poet – Lu Yu. In his Tea Classic, he says, “The bluer the ceramic, the greener the tea.” Likewise, it is called as blue ceramic. With the features of being round and thick, blue ceramic is bluish green in color, giving people a quality feel like jade. In the past, poets used the phrases as “bright moon,” “thin ice,” “texture like jade,” etc to praise its loftiness.

10.6×10.6×8.7 cm
Ceramic

Pond of the World-A Bowl with a Small Lid and Butterflies Patterns Painted with Gold Paint)

Preserving the essence of Chinese ceramic bowl, this bowl has an enlarged opening. Drawn with butterfly’s patterns with hand, the picture consists of tender and beautiful lines like clouds and water, adding much to its modern feel and beauty.

Profile Established in the end of 2005, the Iron Man Art Studio is operated by a sheet-metal craft family with the tradition and experiences for generations. With common metal hammered in different shapes, such as pipes, rods, bars, sheets, etc, the craftsmen convert them into amazing crafts by cutting, slashing, cold forging, hot forging, welding, grinding, etc, blending creativity with metal craftsmenhip seamlessly. Infused with creativity, a piece of cold and lifeless metal can become a work of craft with different styles, such as abstract, realistic, children’s fun, etc. Then, the conversations between the crafts and the viewers begin.
Contact

Contact Person: Chiang Cheng-yao (Ansel Chiang)
Tel.: 886-2-26716886     Fax: 886-2-26710835
Website: http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/jahingfon1978   
E-mail: ansel.chiang@msa.hinet.net

Extra Large L13×W12×H18 cm,
Large L8×W8×H12.5 cm,
Medium L7×W5×H9.5 cm,
Small L5×W4×H7.5 cm
(4-Piece Set)

Stainless Steel

 

Iron Monkey

These four stainless steel monkeys of different sizes are carved with different poker card faces (spade, club, heart, and diamond). With movable necks, their heads can be turned easily. Their ears are curved in with padded rings smoldered on them. Their eyes and noses are drilled holes, with screws fastened. With S-shaped tales, they can be used as hooks and hung everywhere. And finally, the surface of their bodies is electrolyzed after finishing.

L27×W16.5× H10.5 cm
Iron & Stainless Steel

(1-Piece Set)

 

 

Sleepy Cat

A cat is made with three semi-circular cylinders, with its body and hips connected with springs. Their eyes are made with two stainless steel screws with lines cut in the middle. Meanwhile, their whiskers are six wires fixed with 6 nuts. This craft vividly demonstrates the posture of a lazy and sleepy cat gazing with half-closed eyes.

L20×W18×
H16.5 cm

Iron, Stainless Steel, Floating Wood (1-Piece Set)

Owl

These owls are in simple cylindrical shape. Their heads and bodies can be turned 360 degrees. Their bodies and tails are made with iron, and the bases are made with floating wood. With stiff materials as stainless steel and wood, their eyes, eyebrows, beaks, wings, and claws are represented vividly. They seem to be smiling at us!

Profile

Liang Chi-wei has been engaging in glass art for 15 years. In 2005, he established his personal workshop. Reviewing the past, he deeply feels that glass materials can be both cold and hot, hard and soft! Versatile in color, it is also recyclable. Therefore, many artists create with it, trying to challenge new and innovative means of presentation.
Mr. Liang’s works are huge vessels with practical purposes and decorative functions. Some of them are glass ornaments that can be worn as jewels. Meanwhile, some others can be appreciated as art and used in everyday life too.

Now he cooperates with manufacturers with different means, including displaying for sales in hotels’ galleries and boutiques, innovative markets, and research and develops new items with other craftsmen, etc. In the future, he will endeavor to put his crafts on sale in department stores and for export.
Contact

Contact Person: Liang Chi-wei    Tel.: 886-2-26256040     Fax: 886-2-26256040    
E-mail: stevenljw@hotmail.com

20×20×3cm

Light Plate 1,2

In some ways, a glass plate is like a canvas. Between two pieces of glass plates, gold or silver foil can be placed to add a layering feel formed by different materials. With the skills of satin finish with fire, the glass plates can be turned into slices or threads, like the jumping of light and color. The representative work is the “Light Plate” series.

Brooch in Floral Pattern
Small Brooch: 2.5 cm2 Large Brooch: 5 cm2

Thickness: about 1 cm

Blooming

Brooches in different floral patterns are attached to the clothes with pins and magnets.






20×20×3cm

 

 

Flower and Butterfly

Using extremely thin copper foil, the lightness of flying butterflies is represented. Fusing with transparent glass, dancing butterflies are embodied vividly.



Profile

With more than a decade of experience and techniques, Chu Tsai Craft Co. Ltd designs and manufactures diverse ordered items. Winning high acclaim, it is working towards the operation goal of mass production. Mr. Lin Chun-han, the owner of the company, is the first person to develop and study green preservation technology of bamboo in Taiwan. In addition, he applies his know-how onto the creation of bamboo craft and development of new merchandizes.

Service Items:
(1)Interior Design and Production            (2)Furniture Design and Production
(3)Vase Design and Production                (4)Tea Set Design and Production
(5)Stationery Design and Production        (6)Craft Design and Production
(7)Landscape Design and Production        (8)Bamboo Carving
(9)Bamboo Weaving                                (10)Lamps Production

Contact

Contact Person: Lin Chun-han
Tel.: 886-912-355866    Fax: 886-49-2393543
Website: http://www.5fu.idv.tw/sgbamboo/    E-mail: lin.bamboo@msa.hinet.net

L32 ×W26×H5.5cm

Moso Bamboo

 

 

Bamboo Tea Tray

The body of the tea tray is laminated moso bamboo. Preserving the bamboo knots and skin, it emphasizes the natural beauty of bamboo texture.




Single Piece
L24.5×W2 ×H1.3cm
4-Piece Set

Moso Bamboo

 

 

 

Lucky Chopsticks Set

Made with green preserved bamboo, these chopsticks are the products designed in the early period of the development of this technology. They are called “phoenix chopsticks” after their long and slender shape that resembles a phoenix. In the latter stage of the development of “phoenix chopsticks”, natural yellow chopsticks, smoked bamboo (coal) chopsticks, and black (almost carbonized completely) chopsticks were designed. These chopsticks are green, yellow, brown, and black in color respectively; therefore, they are called as Lucky Chopsticks Set.

L19×W5.2 × H3 cm

Moso Bamboo

 

Bamboo Cicada Tea Scoop

Shaped after cicadas, a bamboo knot at one end is the head of cicada. Long and slim, the lines of its sides are rapid and clean in form. Ergonomically made, it can be easily held in the hand. This scoop can be placed on the table flatly or as decoration.

Profile

Established in 2005, Four Season Indigo Dye Studio has many craftsmen participating in the development and design of new products. By many craftsmen and designers, this natural indigo dye workshop manufactures products with its own brand name – Taiwan Indigo & The Love of Plants.

Taiwan Indigo Research Association – Four Season Indigo Studio uses the indigo dye produced in Taiwan – “Mountain Indigo and Wood Indigo” in dying related items. With the emphasis on “Taiwan Indigo & Plant Love”, indigo dye is a green craft with the spirit of humanity. Utilizing all sorts of indigo dye techniques, such as indigo tie dye, indigo stencil dye, woven fabric with indigo yarns, sewing with quilt fabric, etc, Taiwan indigo dye differs with the goals of sensible craft, artifact, natural, and fashion in order to demonstrate the new look and diverse development of Taiwan indigo dye in the new era. Presenting these fine items as seasonal gifts, it not only promotes the features of “plant dye & quality craft” but also enhances its additive values.
Contact

Contact Person: Ma Fen-mei    Tel.: 886-49-2334141*132
Fax: 886-49-2336052    E-mail: fmma@ntcri.gov.tw

95×190cm
Cotton & Plant Indigo Dye

 

 

 

Indigo Dye Woolen Shawl

 







Book Cover:
31.5×21(cm)
Pencil Case:20×9(cm)
Card Holder: 12×10 (cm)
Cotton Cloth,
Plant Indigo Dye

 

Plum Blossom Series-Indigo Dye Book Cover, Pencil Case, and Card Holder

With plum blossom as the theme, it employs a white backdrop as the focus of presentation, giving people the feel of plum blossoms blooming in white snow. Plum blossoms are lofty and self-righteous, representing the adamant and determination in adverse environments.

Blue and Red: 25×10×10(cm)
Red Ripple Patterns 25×10×10(cm)

Cotton Cloth and Wood Indigo Dye

Indigo Ladies’ Clog (Blue & Red, Ripple Pattern)

Made with natural resources, clog is an item that is environmental friendly and ventilating. Practical and attractive, it is ideal for daily wear.

 
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