Taiwan Steel-Sculptor

Research Report Guide Version
Category of Taiwan Schools CyberFair：Local Leaders
The illustration of "Our region & Community"：　　Liu Ting-Tsuan built up his own slogan- Hualien Stones, Miaoli Woods, Taipei Potters, and Kaohsiung Steels. People in Taiwan know that stone carving is famous in Hualien; and wood carving is famous in Miaoli. As Liu Ting-Tsuan thought, steel can be considered a local symbol of Kaohsiung. He chose steels to be his material and then combines his creation, and imagination to create lifelike and wonderful works.
The summary of this research report：　Liu Ting-Tsuan, a steel sculptor with a machinist background, loves art very much; by virtue of his love of Kaohsiung City, he uses steels to promote its great vitality. Not only did he use steels to work, he also used motorcycle component to create recycled works with a life like appearance. Wearing a white-shirt, black pants and a glittery leather shoe, Liu Ting-Tsuan is filled with self-confidence, and has an optimistic attitude to stride toward his goals.
Our surrounding of Internet：　At school, we adopt the fiberoptic cable as main structure to connect with the computer center in our school, and then connect with TANet (Taiwan Academic Network) through T1 LAN line. At home, we use ADSL to upload, and to look up some information.
The difficulties of we faced： 1. The pressure from the schoolwork and exams. 　We had to conduct our web pages and deal with schoolwork at the same time. Besides, we also had an important computer exam. Some teammates even had to stay for honor guard practice after school. There were too many things that needed to be done at that time. We spent a lot of time and energy. Thank to the encouragement and instruction from our teachers, we finally finished the research. 2. Time arrangement. 　In order to completely understand Liu Ting-Tsuan, we did a lot of works on the interviews. In total we interviewed with him 9 times. In the beginning, we even followed Liu Ting-Tsuan on his whole journey. We spent more than half of a day on every interview. Because we took scenes in rotating displays, we had to go to Liu Ting-Tsuan's studio. Liu Ting-Tsuan was busy so we needed to operate in coordination with him. In the process of taking scenes, we had many troubles. For example: 　　(1) We needed to adjust the light of the background 　　(2) We needed to photograph 12 angles of every work for combinning them to make rotating 　　　　displays 　　(3) The difficulties of editing the scenes.However, we overcame all of the difficulties, and did 　　　　　a good job on the project. 3. Learning, gaining, and growing. (1) We spent a long time creating. Each work of the rotating displays has twelve pictures. On the 　　day of shooting, we even had trouble being on exposed to the intense heat of the afternoon sun and the 　background was blown by strong winds. As a result, we needed more time to edit. In addition, the 　background of the three works of "Take a guess" is complex. In order to revise those backgrounds, 　we spent a half hour on every picture. It took so long, we all felt so exhausted. When we uploaded all 　of those works into our web pages, we felt so cheerful. Our efforts have a nice expression, even better 　than what we expected. We felt it was worth spending so much time on this research. (2) We also paid attention to the article arrangement. We put all the interviews in order and tried to 　　express all of Liu Ting-Tsuan's thoughts and ideas. We spent a lot of time on it, so we had many 　substantial web pages.　　　 (3) We considered visual effect and convenient operation on the web designing. Although it was 　　difficult and complex to arrange all the pages, art icicles, and pictures, we still overcame all the 　difficulties with cooperation. From this research, we gained a greater appreciation for and 　understanding of art. At the same time, we also gained precious insight into our own goals.
Feedback: 　　We learned a lot from Liu Ting-Tusan. Because of his insistence, firmness, and passion for his work, he isn't afraid of difficulties and pursues his goals. However, while having problems, we young people may just give up and abandon them. Also, we felt touched by his words "People who persist until to the end can be successful," and "Your life can be meaningful if you set a goal and pursue it." Therefore, from this competition we learned many sculpture skills, but also experienced lots of difficulties we never had before. Finally, we did it. We did try our best to overcome them. Those experiences were unforgettable for us.

Q&A

1. How much knowledge did you get from this project? Was it good for your school's educational programs and curriculum?
　(a) The sketch competition：
　　The school borrowed three works from Liu Ting-Tusan. For the sketch competition, students could 　　sketch them in the sketch class. Also, teachers took Liu Ting-Tusan as an example. They wanted 　　students to understand the key points to being successful are to be optimistic and overcome 　　　　difficulties.

　(b) The exhibition of steel sculpture on campus:
　　For advocating the general education on campus in December, the school held a steel sculpture 　　　exhibition, made by Liu Ting-Tusan. Therefore, we took the steel sculpture into the campus so the 　　faculty and students would have an opportunity to see it To advocate the general education, we 　　　invited Mr. Liu Ting-Tusan and many commissioners to join us. He said "Although it's very hard 　　to be successful at the beginning, your dream will come true if you persist. Even if you'll feel pain 　　in the process, you'll see it's worth some day." Those words touched us very much, and also gave 　　us power to go forward to our dreams.

　(c) The demonstration of the works:
　　While displaying the steel sculpture on campus, Mr. Liu Ting-Tusan explained what inspired him 　　to make it. We all listened carefully and felt amazed. At the same time, we not only got closer to 　　　the works, but gained knowledge about steel sculpture from him. Consequently, after his 　　　　　demonstration and experience-sharing, we learned a lot about what kind of art it is and how to 　　　grow into a successful person.

　(d) The interaction with the faculty and the students on campus:
　　There were few students who touched the art on campus. By this exhibition, we not only could get 　　closer to the art, but also find how beautiful it is. We felt amazed how he created such real and vital 　　works with the recycled iron and steel. Because of this exhibition, the arts could go into the campus 　　and be much closer to the faculty and the students. From this, more people could discover the 　　　beauty of the arts.

　(e) Questionnaire:
　　We made a questionnaire aimed at the effects of steel sculpture on the faculty and students in SHU-　　TE High School. The results revealed that the exhibition of the steel sculpture impressed them most 　　deeply. Also, the school can hold another wonderful exhibition on campus in the future. 　　　　　　Consequently, the questionnaire shows that the exhibition got lots of recognition and participation 　　in SHU-TE High School.

(2) What did the members use to complete the project?

Tools	Function
DV	The recording process will be shown on the homepage
Telephone and cellular phone	Interaction and discussion
Computer and notebook	Making homepages, uploading photos, and organizing data
Computer software（Flash、PhotoShop、PhotoImpact、Dreamweaver 4、Word ext）	Making homepages
Internet system	Reporting the process, looking up the information about Liu Ting-Tsuan and observing works on the internet
Disks	Saving data and photos
Flash drive	Organizing data
Recorder	Recording in the interview
Digital camera	Photographing
Printer	Printing
Oral recording	Interviewing at the studio of Liu Ting-Tsuan
Computer software book and homepage reference	Seeking information

(3) What did you learn?
　　We learned much from this project, such as writing, organization, edition and design. Besides, through the cooperation and discussion, the members realized the whole structure of the web pages. These experiences not only promoted the members' skills but also enriched their perspective.

(4)What was the team's belief?
　　Through this project, the members' relationships were strengthened. Each peer took their responsibility to do their own job. Even though this might involve arguements, we tried to deal with them.

(5) How did you specify the concepts?
　　It was necessary to make efforts in order to be successful. Take Liu Ting-Tusan as an example, he suffered the dilemma of disobeying his family or losing his dream. However, through his enthusiasm of art, he made it! There is a Chinese proverb saying that he who takes pains will get somewhere. Liu Ting-Tusan is a model for us to follow.

(6) Describe the World Intellectual Property of the project?
　　Since we did not know the sculptor, Liu Ting-Tusan, we tried to look up the information in newspapers and on the internet. The internet was very practical. We designed all the pages, features and words without copying others.

(7) Discoveries, experiences and surprises!
　　Through this project, we admired the beauty of art. There were several setbacks, but we did not feel disappointed but determined.

Our Website：www.shute.kh.edu.tw/~steelart-e

※ All the data,vedio, and photos are made by our team. Please contact us before using them. ※
E-mail Contact: May T. Chen

Participant	Job-descriptions	比例
Leader, Chia Li	1. Convening meetings.2. Dividing the work schedule.3. Taking a DV shot.4.Interviewing.	70%
Ya-Chuan	1. Choosing pictures.2. Designing the website.3.Interviewing.
Yi-Hsuan	1. Beautifying the pictures.2. Interviewing.
Ko-Le and Yu-Yu	1. Editing and beautifying the pictures.2. Taking pictures. 3. Interviewing.
Ju-Yu and Yi-Chun	1. Revising the articles.2. Interviewing.
Mr. Liu Ting-Tusan	1. Providing us with lots of information about steel sculpture.2. Being an interviewee.3. Holding the steel-sculpture exhibition in Shu-Te High School.	8%
Mr. Chang Jin-ZhongMs.Chen Zi-Min Ms. Zeng Yan-Zhu	1. Guiding the website-designing.2. Checking the articles.3. Taking us to conduct the interview.	9%
Mr. Li De-Yu and Ke Zhi-Hong	Photographing and editing the pictures.	3%
Artists at Pier-2 and Chiaotou art villages	Helping us with the exhibition.	1%
Teachers and students at the department Advertisement Design in Shu-Te High School	Holding the sketch competition.	1%
Teachers in the office of the student affairs	Dealing with the details of exhibition.	2%
The stuff in the office of the business affairs	Helping move and locating the works.	1%
The faculty and students in Shu-Te High School	Helping complete the questionnaire.	5%