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This zine is created with colloboration of Canon The effort of this project was a collaboration between Canon and The student Chia Yuan Hong’s college graduation project under the under Canon’s Corporate Social Responsibility.
Traditional. The Trades Of The Past - Traditional Trades “长江后浪 推前浪” “The waves behind drive on those before” The new generation replaces the old. As the traditional trades nowadays are being neglected by the new generation, the traditional trades are in crisis. This project seeks to create documentary photography of those historical, traditional, and vanishing trades. This project, Photoshoot the craftsman who spends their whole life and focus, guarding on the traditional Trades.
Traditional Lathe Factory In the modern machinery field, a traditional lathe and old machine were replaced with automatic CNC lathe machine. This old-traditional factory produces fishing equipment for fishermen to equip. All about experiences, Working skills and Craftsmanship.
Lathe Machine A lathe is a machine for shaping wood, metal, or other material by means of a rotating drive which turns the piece being worked on against changeable cutting tools. The lathe can be divided into 2 main categories, the traditional and the automatic. In this factory, the craftsman crafts fishing equipment for fishermen with traditional and handcrafting methods.
All About Precision A traditional lathe doesn’t work as an automatic lathe, craftsman need to calculate and measure before starting the work in order to achieve superprecision “A traditional lathe doesn’t work as an automatic lathe, it relies a lot on the skills and experiences of the worker to achieve the precision.”
Craftmanship “We only produce precision and well-made quality product for the fisherman, a well-made product ensure the safety of the fisherman�.
Watch Your Finger! Dealing with red growing steels and the high-speed rotating machine is definitely not a safe job to do. Getting injured is a common thing in the factory. “People losses fingers and hand when they don’t work carefully with these machines, you better watch your hand”.
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