Jinwen University of Science and Technology student Lin Chia-hsuan (林珈萱) and 48 others were winners at the Outstanding Award of Technological and Vocational Education ceremony in Taipei on Friday.
Lin earlier this year won a gold medal, with the jury’s compliments, at the IKA Culinary Olympics in Stuttgart, Germany, said the Ministry of Education, which organizes the awards.
Her fondant sculpture featured life-like Thai dancers with great attention paid to their to stances, facial expressions, hand positioning and even clothing, resulting in a very life-like portrayal of the dancers, the ministry said.
Photo: Yang Mien-chieh, Taipei Times
Lin said that she has never visited Thailand and got the idea for the piece after watching a video on Thai dancing.
She found their dance and clothing to be of great interest to her, she added.
She spent six months sculpting the award-winning piece, sometimes spending up to a month on a single figure, Lin said.
She had difficulty preserving the piece and transporting it to Stuttgart for the event, she said.
Fortunately, there was minimal damage during transportation and she could make repairs on-site, she added.
Hungkuang University student Wang You-hsiang (王宥翔), who also won gold at the IKA event with compliments from the jury for his vegetable sculpture, was another to win on Friday.
Wang sculpted a pumpkin to portray a pantheon of common deities in Taiwan, including Zhong Kui (鍾馗) — who specializes in exorcising evil spirits from houses — and Taishang Laojun (太上老君), one of the top deities in Taoism.
Wang said he had only attended one international event prior to the IKA’s and he was stressed as the trip to Germany loomed to the point that he was about to give up.
However, a friend convinced him to attend, he said.
Wang said he practiced sculpting for 18 hours a day in the run-up to the event — doing little else other than sculpting, eating and sleeping.
Gold medalists are eventually forgotten, but Wang said he would never forget the experience and skills he learned.
He thanked those who had supported him and given him confidence.
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