jade hunting in Hualien, Taiwan - 花蓮採玉

the stream where we hunt for jades

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checking for jades
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the jade found by our tour guide who gave it to us to make pendants for later on
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we were brought to this small factory/workshop called Taiwan Jade. the father who was incharge of the workshop gave us a basic introduction of Taiwanese jade and showed us the procedure of making our own jade pendants. the jade was cut into a few simple shapes for us to grind and polish (while we were not professional to deal with other steps, his sons help us with some steps like cuting, drilling, etc)
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further grinding
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polishing
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the pendants we made
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these pieces were only polished and drilled
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these are smaller pieces of raw jade that could not be shaped due to its size

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digital image. 2009. © twahc.

moving house

comic shelf. 2009. © twahc.

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before our new house was done, my brother requested a personalised book shelf from me. i drew the design based on typical shelves used in comic shops in taiwan. after the rough layout was done, i passed the design to the contractor to finish it off. the contractor did a great job and now my brother does not need to worry where he needs to store his mass collection of comics.

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a closet comes with 3 layers (2 layers able to slide left to right) comic shelf