源自台灣泰雅族最古老的化妝術,符合文面資格者由施術者形塑出泰雅族人獨樹一幟的族群印象,風格鮮明的符號引領族人走出自己的文化,這樣的技術與民族風俗卻在今日面臨消逝,本創作表現出泰雅族的自信,追求專業與美的文面世界,從古老的化妝術跨越時空,透過虛實、真與幻、原始與現代,以創新的手法結合傳統與現代,透過圖騰的解構與素材的拼貼創新彩妝的表現,引領體驗時尚的泰雅族彩妝的全新魅力。 本案以泰雅族的文面意涵、形式、習俗與功能與追求美的天性為概念端,進行泰雅族文面時尚彩妝的創作,採用泰雅族文面圖騰中女性專有之頰紋圖騰,取泰雅女子文面須具有良好的織布能力,是肯定技藝高超,代表自信、成就的意涵,轉化為現代女性專業、自信、愉悅的精神,並擷取現代流行時尚的素材進行解構、拼貼出新的實驗性彩妝,藉以提供對泰雅族文面之美的理解、欣賞、接受,後續目標期望能被其他領域再運用。
Originated from the most antique makeup artistry of Taiwan’s Atayal tribe, artists will execute the techniques to shape the Atayal’s distinctive ethnic impression on those who meet the requirements for facial tattoo, as the signs in clear-cut style will lead the Atayal to build their own culture. Notwithstanding, the very unique technique and ethnic folkways are at risk of fading away. The expression of this creation embodies the confidence of the Atayal and the tribe’s endeavor to pursue professional and beautiful facial tattoo world. Transcending time and space from the antique makeup artistry, this creation combines with tradition and modernity in innovative techniques through actual situation, reality and illusion, primitive and modernity, tattoo deconstruction and material collage to innovate the makeup expression, leading people to experience and appreciate the fashion makeup charm of Atayal tribe. This essay takes connotation of Atayal facial tattoo, pursuit of beauty, pattern of facial tattoo, and custom and function of facial tattoo as the conceptual ends to conduct the creation of incorporating the Atayal facial tattoo into fashion make-up. This creation adopts the Atayal women’s distinctive forehead tattoos in collocation with the ender patterns and totems of forehead tattoos. Taking the Atayal women’s facial tattoos for the creation requires good weaving ability, manifesting positive recognition of consummate techniques and signifying the connotation of self confidence and achievement to be transformed into modern women’s professionalism, autonomy, confidence, joy, and delighted spirit. It also takes the materials in fashion for decomposition, creating a novel experimental make-up to lead the public to develop a better comprehension of, appreciate and accept the beauty of Atayal facial tattoos. To fulfill the subsequent goal, the author of this essay has set high expectations that this creation can be applied widely to other realms.