Abstract—Bamboo craft and bamboo furniture in Taiwan
are mainly designed, created, produced, and sold in Chushan
city, a place that prospered during the period of economic
growth in the 1970s and 80s in Taiwan. In those days, there
were about 2000 bamboo factories but over time, the number
declined. Since there are few studies on traditional bamboo
furniture and craft, this study aims to explore: 1. traditional
techniques of bamboo furniture; 2. carpentry of bamboo
furniture; 3. comparison between the making of bamboo
furniture with traditional techniques and carpentry. Based on
grounded theory, this study collects firsthand information in
field research and action research. The researchers personally
participated in the production process to understand the
differences between the making of bamboo furniture with
traditional techniques and carpentry. The results shows that in
order to open a path for the future with the past as a foundation,
bamboo furniture can be made by combining traditional craft
techniques of different fields and carpentry so as to produce
new products with traditional and innovative techniques.
Index Terms—Bamboo furniture, carpentry, bamboo craft,
traditional technique.
Shih-Hsing Wu is with the Graduate School of Design of the National
University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan (e-mail:
wuhsing.wuhsing@msa.hinet.net, homc@yuntech.edu.tw).
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Cite: Shih-Hsing Wu and Ming-Chyuan Ho, " A Study of the Technique Combining Traditional Bamboo
Furniture and Carpentry," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity vol. 5, no. 11, pp. 985-989, 2015.