菜篮,木盆,搪瓷杯,
草帽,兔子灯……
120件生活杂货展示
竹,木,草,铁,布
10多位上海手作人采访及手制过程
附上海24家杂货铺、博物馆详址
Baskets, wooden basins, enamel mugs,
straw hats, rabbit lanterns…
A showcase of 120 selected items
of everyday use
Made of bamboo, wood, straw,
Iron and cloth
By 10 local craftsmen featured in
Interviews and expositions
Plus the addresses of 24 handicraft shops and
Museums in Shanghai
內容簡介:
本书用摄影和插图的方式,呈现在上海仍然可以买到的120件杂货,并以竹、木、草、铁、布五种材质为线索,记录了10多位生活在上海的手工业者,通过他们的叙述及制作的产品,展现与分享手工业者的现状及本地的生活细节,为热爱生活的读者、中外设计师以及关注上海的人们带去自然和环保的生活信念。
120 selected items of everyday use, currently available in
Shanghai in one way or another, are shown in this book through
photos and illustrations. The book also includes the interviews of
a dozen craftsmen living in Shanghai, who specialize in bamboo,
wood, straw, iron and cloth, in order to portray and share the
endeavors of the craftsmen as a whole as well as the intimate
details of the lives in Shanghai. Hopefully, this book will help to
introduce an idea of environmental friendliness and resource
preservation to the readers with a love for life, the international
designers looking for novel concepts and the people who care about
the development of Shanghai.
逢年过节,像桃花节的时候人多的不得了,外国人也多,我已经做出名气来了,生意好的不得了,新场就我一家呀,每天有人跟我定东西,赚点功夫钱,吃喝没问题。
Clever skills are needed in this kind of manual work.
Narrator: Mr. Chen, 71, tinker Xinchang Town, Pudong
I began to work on tin at the age of 17 when I apprenticed
myself to a veteran craftsman in the factory and practiced
regularly off work. Later, after I was laid off from the factory, I
began to take jobs on my own. It is already over 50 years from
today!
Now I work 8 hours every day. The work doesn’t require much
strength; instead, the tinkering needs a lot of clever skills.
Therefore, it is not much of heavy manual labor. I kept injuring my
fingers in the beginning though, and my hands were wrapped with
duct tape all over to stop bleeding.
Some common objects are so frequently produced that their
sizes are already in my mind. As for more complicated objects to be
custom-made for customers, I draw a design and ask them if this is
what they want. For example, a sprinkler kettle can be made in 6
sizes based on different needs, and it can produce a long spray of
water if the holes at the top are made smaller and sparser, or
produce a short spray of water if the holes are made larger and
denser. I can custom-make all these items for the needs of the
customers.
I was the master of three apprentices, but they are all out of
this business now, thinking it too slow in making money.
The best-selling item of my shop is the spoon for cooking
carrot cakes and fried buns, at a price of RMB 5. I can make as
many as 50 a day, but it depends on the mood.
During festivals, such as the Peach Blossom Festival, I have a
great number of customers, even foreigners. I have established an
excellent reputation, which brings me good business. My shop is one
of a kind in Xinchang, anyway! People place orders at my shop every
day, and I can easily earn my meals with my skills.
……