Dong Woo Jang: The art of bow-making
Dong Woo Jang: Kunsten at lave en bue
Dong Woo Jang turns an unusual stick of bamboo into an archer’s bow, an exploration of his cultural heritage and a metaphor for his perfect world. Full bio
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at dette er sandt,
koreanske uddannelsessystem
og meget konkurrenceprægede
i sådan en omgivelse.
med morbærblade.
de Olympiske Lege i 1988.
fra nogen større indgriben,
jeg fandt mine første skatte.
i de skovbevoksede områder
jeg sneg ned i min skoletaske.
kunne holde dem i mine hænder.
værktøjet med her til Long Beach.
dækket til af savsmuld,
og polere træ hele natten lang
på et stykke bambus
på tværs af bygningen
for at fortælle min mor
som er blandt publikum i dag:
med åben ild fra nu af.
at hendes søn ikke begik
fra rundt om i verden.
med forskellige typer af træ,
tæt på togbanen,
maksimere spændstigheden,
for højere trækvægt,
i det yderste lag af buebenet
at lagre energi i kompression.
af traditionelle koreanske buer
en del af min kulturarv.
som har oparbejdet sig gennem tiden,
efterladt af mine forfædre,
af nogen voksne.
i koreansk historie,
hvordan min bue virker.
hvordan den her virker.
som en simpel mekanisme,
og kommunikere
og virke for eksistens,
og harmoni mellem dem
at jeg yder et bidrag
hvor de befinder sig,
en del af mig selv hen til jer.
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Dong Woo Jang - Bow designerDong Woo Jang turns an unusual stick of bamboo into an archer’s bow, an exploration of his cultural heritage and a metaphor for his perfect world.
Why you should listen
His parents wouldn’t let him play video games, so Dong Woo Jang had to invent other ways to entertain himself in and around his Seoul apartment. First, he studied spider anatomy and hunting skills for three years, creating their habitat in his room. Next, Dong headed outside, where he picked up fallen tree branches and turned them into archery bows.
Later, while researching the age-old craft, he discovered that his optimal design was strikingly similar to that of his ancestors. Though he concedes that, during his process of “fixing, breaking, redesigning, mending, bending, and amending” bows, he accidently set his building on fire. The 15-year-old says that working with wood -- and traveling back and forth in time -- makes him feel free.
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