{"id":3014,"date":"2022-03-05T16:46:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T08:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/?post_type=news&p=3014"},"modified":"2022-04-14T13:47:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T05:47:14","slug":"npust-hosts-magic-woodworking-camp","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/news\/npust-hosts-magic-woodworking-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"NPUST Hosts \u201cMagic\u201d Woodworking Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Associate Professor Way Long of the NPUST Department of Wood Science and Design, and researcher and lecturer, Chen-Hui Chen, have jointly created Taiwan\u2019s very own \u201cWoodwarts\u201d and put on the \u201cMagic Wand Making Experience Camp\u201d for a group of vocational high school students to teach them about the use of domestic materials in woodworking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The camp was held on March 5th<\/sup> at the university\u2019s wood processing factory with a total of 18 students from Feng-shan Senior Commercial and Industrial Vocational School and Pingtung Girls\u2019 High School participating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The activities included \u201cEnvironmental Education\u201d, which covered domestic timber, recycling of surplus materials, and the development of Taiwan\u2019s wood industry; \u201cCreative Imagination\u201d, for teamwork training, guidance in the creative processes, and sharing; \u201cPractical Operations\u201d, which focused on selecting wood and making observations by sight, touch, and smell, and also went into using lathes, carving knives and other tools to create personal \u201cmagic wands\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Way Long expressed that \u201cthe use of domestically produced wood is a topic that every country must face\u2014and how to design a diverse form of development that is suitable to the location and the material. We hope that through this creative activity we will be able to train the vocational high school students in multi-faceted application.\u201d Chen-Hui Chen, who is a researcher and lecturer at the university, expressed that \u201cthere is a certain difficulty when it comes to using domestic wood. Because of the anterograde texture and grains, everyone avoids it. But through this activity, we are teaching the high school students about the special qualities of domestic wood, and ways to use of the wood to enhance its value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wood used in the \u201cMagic Wand Making Experience Camp\u201d is left over material from a manmade forest in the Pingtung area. Connecting to the local natural environment, through environmental education is also the core idea behind the activity. Students learn basic woodworking techniques through sight, sound, scent and touch. As they observe woods texture and processing methods, they get a better understanding of domestic wood and the development of Taiwan\u2019s wood industry. Hopes are to share the technology and knowledge of the Department of Wood Science and Design with the students and provide them with more options in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n