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Sand Casting Furniture

 
五行是利用翻砂鑄造技術製作的鋁木結合傢俱,製作時不焊、不黏、不鎖,僅透過金屬流動完成結合。鋁水是探險家走入每個空隙中 ; 木頭扮演了紀錄者,在面上留下流動與炭化的痕跡,感受製作過程之美,讓逐漸被大眾遺忘的翻砂產業有了新意

This work is an aluminum-wood combined furniture made by sand casting technology, no welding, no sticking, no lock, only complete the bonding by the metal flows. Aluminum as an explorer; wood as a recorder.Leaving traces of flow and charring on the surface and feel the beauty of the production process.
 
 
流動:使用木材行回收的風化木頭,截取合適範圍,讓金屬於自然生成的孔隙中流
動,並控制鋁水的溢出狀態,體現金屬的流動性。
Flow: Use the recycled weathered wood and select the suitable range. Allows metals to flow in naturally occurring pores and control the overflow state of molten aluminum to reflect the metal's fluidity.

結合:金屬與木頭間的炭化會削弱結合力,兩個材質間的結合透過多次的實驗數據修
正與時間控制才完成。
Combine: Carbonization between metal and wood will weaken the bond, and the combination between the two materials is completed through multiple corrections of experimental data and time control.
 
 
支撐:進一步測試支撐性,在兩材質結合的當下鑄出支撐的結構,並在鋁水流動的過程中一氣呵成完成了整體。
Support: Test the supportability . The support structure is cast out of a combination of dissimilar materials, and the whole object is formed in the process of flow.

開模:多次討論修正拆模的方法,將每個環節做到精準,必須在 1mm 之間錙銖必較,脫木模的方式也因為一體成形的限制而更具有挑戰性。
Mold: The method of modifying the mold removal has been discussed many times, and each link must be accurate. It is often necessary to compare between 1mm. The method of removing the wood mold is also more challenging due to the limitation of integral molding.

 
  
溢出:金屬在木頭風化孔洞裡流動與溢出。Overflow: Metal flows and overflows in weathered holes in wood.
碳化:溫度在金屬與木頭間留下交會的界線。Carbonization:Temperature leaves a boundary between metal and wood.
結合:腳與板在金屬流動中一體成形的結合。Combine: Combination of foot and plate in one piece while metal is flowing.
浪釘:組合木料的結構補強工法。Wave nail: Structural reinforcement method of combined timber.
  
 
翻砂是鑄造技術的一種,是以人工為主的小量生產技術,隨著科技進步,漸漸地成為夕陽產業。翻砂技術可被歸納成右列五個步驟,雖然看似簡單,但是每一個步驟都有其困難之處。

Sand casting is a small-production work technology. However, it has become a sunset industry. If you talk about it very briefly, it is the five things listed on the left, but it is not as simple as it looks like.
 
 
翻砂的迷人之處在於人參與製作的溫度及勞動過程,還有金屬在熔融狀時的自然流動。以此為設計目標,突破原有生產製造的規則與框架,在翻製過程中加入回收木料,透過溫度流動留下兩材質接觸時的足跡,木頭成為鑄造製程忠實的紀錄者,讓人們感受砂鑄設計作品的製程之美。

The fascinating part of sand casting lies in the labor and the temperature involved in the production and the natural flow of molten metal. Take this as the design goal and breakthrough the original manufacturing framework.Then adding recycled wood during the process, the footprints between the two materials are left by the temperature, allowing people to feel the beauty of the process.
   
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