A National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) graduate student has received multiple awards for his portable Aboriginal-style loom, complete with designs for teaching people how to weave Aboriginal designs.
Tsai Wei-chun (蔡偉群), who studies in the university’s architecture department, won awards at this year’s Taipei International Design Award and Taiwan’s Golden Pin Design Award, as well as at the Communication Arts Design and Advertising Competition in the US.
Tsai said that he designed the loom as a fold-out book, titled Xiu — Taiwanese Aborigines Weaving Book (咻台灣原的編織術), and that it contains all of the needed tools, a compartment for yarn, a warp separator, a weaving wand, a heddle rod, a beat-up bar, a shuttle and a holder.
Photo courtesy of NTUST
With the book designed to open into a loom, people find it easier to appreciate the craft, because they do not need to buy a loom and all of the tools, Tsai added.
The kit includes information on Aboriginal culture and what totem symbols mean, he added.
Tsai said that the idea came to him while he was volunteering at Wushe (霧社) in Nantou County.
Photo courtesy of NTUST
Seeing how Aboriginal children learned to weave, Tsai said he wanted to introduce their weaving to the public.
Aboriginal men do not weave, so he got odd looks when he searched for a teacher, he said, adding that some refused to teach him because of cultural taboos.
“One can only discover the joy of weaving by practicing the craft,” Tsai said, adding that he hopes his design helps more people to appreciate weaving.
The Sports Administration yesterday demanded an apology from the national table tennis association for barring 17-year-old Yeh Yi-tian (葉伊恬) from competing in the upcoming World Table Tennis (WTT) United States Smash tournament in Las Vegas this July. The sports agency said in a statement that the Chinese Taipei Table Tennis Association (CTTTA) must explain to the public why it withdrew Yeh from the WTT tournament in Las Vegas. The sports agency said it contacted the association to express its disapproval of the decision-making process after receiving a complaint from Yeh’s coach, Chuang
The Hualien Branch of the High Court today sentenced the main suspect in the 2021 fatal derailment of the Taroko Express to 12 years and six months in jail in the second trial of the suspect for his role in Taiwan’s deadliest train crash. Lee Yi-hsiang (李義祥), the driver of a crane truck that fell onto the tracks and which the the Taiwan Railways Administration's (TRA) train crashed into in an accident that killed 49 people and injured 200, was sentenced to seven years and 10 months in the first trial by the Hualien District Court in 2022. Hoa Van Hao, a
Control Yuan Secretary-General Lee Chun-yi (李俊俋) tendered his resignation last night, admitting that he had misused a government vehicle, as reported by media. His resignation was immediately accepted by the Control Yuan. In a statement explaining why he had resigned, Lee apologized for using a Control Yuan vehicle to transport his dog to a pet grooming salon on May 20. The issue first came to light late last month, when TVBS News reported that Lee had instructed his driver to take the dog to the salon. The news channel broadcast photos that it said were taken by an unnamed whistle-blower, which purportedly showed the
Taipei has once again made it to the top 100 in Oxford Economics’ Global Cities Index 2025 report, moving up five places from last year to 60. The annual index, which was published last month, evaluated 1,000 of the most populated metropolises based on five indices — economics, human capital, quality of life, environment and governance. New York maintained its top spot this year, placing first in the economics index thanks to the strength of its vibrant financial industry and economic stability. Taipei ranked 263rd in economics, 44th in human capital, 15th in quality of life, 284th for environment and 75th in governance,
RSS