本研究主旨在為傳統手工紙找尋與展示新出路,共分三大階段,首先是探討傳統手工紙及手工紙產業的現況,透過文獻資料分析、親身體驗觀察、業者訪談以及手工紙與一般工業機械製紙的分析比較,從而得出手工紙的『高貴』及『高價』二特性,初步提出手工紙的發展策略即在發揮其高貴的特性以彌補其高價的劣勢。 第二階段是手工紙新發展領城的探索,經過對現代生活形態的分析,本研究認為婚俗文化是可以承接手工紙之『高貴』及『高價』二特性的現代事務之一,於是進行婚俗文化的探討,包括對傳統婚俗禮儀文化的了解、相關婚俗物件的歸納,以及婚俗祝賀詞、諺語、聘禮象徵義特色的分析,由此得出手工紙可以發揮的婚俗物件、婚俗可以採用的設計元素、以及設計發展的方針,所歸納出的手工紙婚俗物件的發展方針的概要如下:(1)物件的設計應表現手工紙特具的自然及花樣紋理;(2) 應能呈現手工效果的質感;(3) 在圖樣及形態上,能帶入婚俗文化元素;以使物件隱涵深刻的象徵意義;(4) 在價格上定義為高貴精品。 第三階段設為計構想之展開,首先針對不同學者之有關意象轉化的設計手法進行分析、評論及歸納,而提出本研究之設計展開的四步驟,包括(1)意象聯想;(2)聯想強化;(3)圖像解碼;及(4)轉化。設計流程則分為三個階段(1)分析階段;(2)設計構想發展階段;(4)設計精鍊階段。設計構想發展的主要設計模式為透過對婚俗文化特色的了解,找尋象徵意義來作為發展構想開端。在設計應用的實際創作過程,共提出了兩大設計方案,為「連結在一起」與「相親甜蜜」兩個祝賀詞象徵意義的發展,並提出本研究手工紙於婚俗物件設計應用的兩個系列構想呈現。
This study, which aims to find new outlets for traditional handmade paper, has been carried out in three stages. In Stage 1 an investigation on the current situation of traditional handmade paper industry and products has been carried out by means of literature review, observation, interview, and comparison and analysis of handmade paper and ordinary industrial machine-made paper. A development strategy, which emphasizes the exquisiteness of handmade paper to justify its high price, has been preliminarily proposed for handmade paper based on its exquisiteness and expensiveness. Stage 2 is a search for new horizons for the development of handmade paper. By analyzing modern life patterns, we come to the conclusion that wedding is one of those modern affairs which can afford the exquisiteness and expensiveness of handmade paper. Accordingly, we proceed to explore the wedding culture. In the process, traditional wedding ceremonial culture is reviewed, wedding related items are summarized, and wedding congratulations, wedding related proverbs, and characteristics and symbolic meanings of betrothal gifts are analyzed. As a result, such issues as wedding items into which handmade paper can be incorporated, design elements that can be adopted in wedding ceremonies, principles for the development of design, and principles for the development of wedding items made with handmade paper are all summarized as follows: (1) The design of these items should highlight the distinctive natural texture and grains of handmade paper; (2) the handmade effects of the texture should also be highlighted; (3) Elements of wedding culture should be embedded into patterns and modeling of the items, so that the items will be endowed with profound symbolic meanings; (4) They should be positioned as high-end products in terms of price position. In Stage 3, the design concept is unfolded. Design approaches proposed by various scholars on image transformation have been analyzed, reviewed, and summarized. A 4-step procedure which involves (1) image association; (2) association strengthening; (3) image decoding; and (4) transformation has been designed for the implementation of the study. The design process is divided into 3 stages, which are (1) analysis stage; (2) design concept development stage; and (3) design simplification(concentration) stage. A major design model for the development of design concept is to get an understanding of wedding customs & culture and look for a symbolic meaning with which to start the development of concept. Two major designs developed from the symbolic meanings of the two congratulations of “linked together” and “love & sweet” have been proposed during the process of actual application of design creation, and two series of concepts which incorporate handmade paper into the design of wedding items also take shape in the study.