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Marisa Fick-Jordan: The wonder of Zulu wire art
Marisa Fick-Jordan跟大家分享Zulu線藝術的心得
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在這短暫,充滿圖片的演說中,Marisa Fick-Jordan談一個村莊的傳統Zulu族綫織人員如何用他們炫目的工藝品建立全球性市場.
Marisa Fick-Jordan - Craft artist, product designer
South African product designer Marisa Fick-Jordan works with Zulu wire artists to develop a sustainable, worldwide market for their bold and shimmering work. Full bio
South African product designer Marisa Fick-Jordan works with Zulu wire artists to develop a sustainable, worldwide market for their bold and shimmering work. Full bio
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The decorative use of wire in southern Africa
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使用線來裝飾在非洲南部
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dates back hundreds of years.
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已經有數百年的歷史.
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But modernization actually brought communication
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現代化不止為我們帶來通訊
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and a whole new material, in the form of telephone wire.
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還有電話線一類的新材料.
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Rural to urban migration meant that newfound industrial materials
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農村人口向城市遷移意味著新發現的工業原料
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started to replace hard-to-come-by natural grasses.
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開始取代得來不易的天然草類材質.
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So, here you can see the change
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在這裡你可以看到材料的改變
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from use -- starting to use contemporary materials.
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開始使用現代的材料
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These pieces date back from the '40s to the late '50s.
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這些作品是40年代到50年代末
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In the '90s, my interest and passion for transitional art forms
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在九十年代，我對過渡形式藝術的興趣和熱情,
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led me to a new form,
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帶我找到一個新的（編織）樣式，
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which came from a squatter camp outside Durban.
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這樣式是來自德班外圍的一個貧民區。
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And I got the opportunity to start working with this community
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而且我得到了機會和這個社區合作,
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at that point, and started developing, really,
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並由此開始發展，
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and mentoring them in terms of scale, in terms of the design.
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並在規模和設計方面給他們指導。
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And the project soon grew from five to 50 weavers in about a year.
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編織人員在一年之間從五個增長到五十個
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Soon we had outgrown the scrap yards, what they could provide,
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很快地，我們的規模已經把他們提供的廢料都用完了
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so we coerced a wire manufacturer to help us,
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所以我們被迫向電線製造商求助,
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and not only to supply the materials on bobbins,
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不僅要他們提供綫料,
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but to produce to our color specifications.
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還請他們生產我們要的顏色。
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At the same time, I was thinking, well,
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同時，我在想
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there's lots of possibility here to produce contemporary products,
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這裡有生產現代產品的商機,
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away from the ethnic, a little bit more contemporary.
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小一點民族色彩，多一點現代化.
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So I developed a whole range around -- mass-produced range --
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因此，我制定了一系列大規模的生產，
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that obviously fitted into a much higher-end decor market
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顯然地這更合高級裝飾市場的口味,
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that could be exported and also service our local market.
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可以出口及賣給本地市場.
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We started experimenting, as you can see, in terms of shapes,
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你可以看到我們開始實驗，在形狀，形式上，
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forms. The scale became very important,
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計劃的規模也開始大了起來
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and it's become our pet project. It's successful,
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它已經成為我們的最愛產品，十分成功
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it's been running for 12 years. And we supply the Conran shops,
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這計劃已經運作12年了，我們還供應給Conran商店,
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and Donna Karan, and so it's kind of great.
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和Donna Karan, 算是很成功.
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This is our group, our main group of weavers.
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這是我們的小組，我們的主要編織人員。
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They come on a weekly basis to Durban.
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他們每週到德班來
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They all have bank accounts.
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他們都有銀行帳戶。
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They've all moved back to the rural area where they came from.
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他們都遷回自己的農村家鄉.
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It's a weekly turnaround of production.
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這是每週一次的生產過程。
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This is the community that I originally showed you the slide of.
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這是我一開始用幻燈片顯示過的社區.
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And that's also modernized today,
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在今天也現代化了,
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and it's supporting work for 300 weavers.
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我們現在提供300名織工就業職位.
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And the rest says it all.
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最後這張投影片説明了一切.（參加這個編織計劃改變了我的一生）
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Thank you very much.
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非常感謝。
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Marisa Fick-Jordan - Craft artist, product designerSouth African product designer Marisa Fick-Jordan works with Zulu wire artists to develop a sustainable, worldwide market for their bold and shimmering work.
Why you should listen
Marisa Fick-Jordan is the co-author of Wired, the authoritative work on Zulu wire art. Using castoff telephone wire -- those plastic-coated copper strands you sometimes find outside switching boxes -- practitioners of this art create tightly woven pieces with bold patterning and fields of shimmering color.
Working with these talented African artists, Fick-Jordan has brought this art to the world, developing products and building a distribution network for a worldwide market. The end result: a traditional art form is preserved and developed -- and a village of weavers can earn a living through their art.
Marisa Fick-Jordan | Speaker | TED.com