Miss Maru

最新作品 :: 心鎖鑰匙墜鍊&手鍊 / Love Lock & Key necklace and bracelet

2012-02-07T21:18:00.000+08:00

Miss Maru etc. 的最新作品 - 心鎖鑰匙墜鍊&手鍊系列！精巧的古典雕花，多層次的設計，隨著純銀慢慢氧化，顏色將越發明顯，散發出更多銀飾才有的獨特韻味。非常適合在即將到來的西洋情人節，贈送給另一半當作情人節禮物喔！！

另外為了情人節的到來，Miss Maru© 所有商品從即日起 - 2 / 7 至 2 / 18 全面免運 ，歡迎還在苦惱送什麼愛的禮物的朋友，來參考看看Miss Maru© 的作品喔！！

★心鎖鑰匙手鍊

Love Lock & Key bracelet / Jan. 2012
925 銀
Sterling silver

★心鎖鑰匙墜鍊(鍊長18吋)

Love Lock & Key necklace / Jan. 2012
925 銀
Sterling silver

Love Lock & Key bracelet / Jan. 2012
925 銀
Sterling silver

The new items from Miss Maru© are Love Lock & Key necklace and bracelet with carved elegant pattern which brings a classical atmosphere and an old antique style. They are very suitable for lovers as a Valentine's Day's gift. Furthermore, all products of Miss Maru© are having free postage from 7 Feb. to 18 Feb. Please come and check if anyone is still looking for a perfect love present for your lover!

關於Miss Maru© 品牌 / About Miss Maru©

2012-02-05T18:00:00.000+08:00

關於Miss Maru©

Miss Maru© 於2007年成立。

Miss Maru© 的品牌精神為熱愛生命、崇尚自然，並將美麗帶入日常生活。

我們提供的產品及服務包括：設計獨特的珠寶飾品、天然的裸石販賣、量身定做的珠寶飾品設計和製作，另外免費提供所有關於產品的資訊，希望和所有喜愛商品的顧客和設計師同好彼此互相交流，以提供台灣更美好的設計環境。

Miss Maru© 的設計理念

Miss Maru© 堅持珠寶首飾應該是貼近生活的，同時具有美感和實用價值，而非昂貴的、不實的。

對我們來說，一件好的首飾，必須是可以幫助個人展現自己獨到眼光和風格的藝術品，可以流傳給後代或是值得終身珍藏的寶貝；一顆美麗的寶石，可以幻化成設計師藝術作品的要件，或成為重要時刻的紀念鑲嵌。

因此我們要求產品的品質並限量生產，每件設計都是原創的手工藝品，且訴說著不同的故事，每件作品都是獨一無二，且無法取代。

Miss Maru© & Miss Maru etc.

Miss Maru© 旗下擁有 Miss Maru etc. 副牌，兩個品牌各代表著不同的設計方向。

Miss Maru© 代表的是前所未有的設計風格，期待創造獨特的個人風格商品，反客為主的成為服裝以外的時尚流行。每件商品都是以慎密嚴謹的設計過程，歷經多次不斷反覆的推翻與修正，而生產出的藝術品。

Miss Maru etc. 副牌則具有年輕與明亮的特質，以實用與人性化的觀點，做出日常生活可隨意搭配的珠寶首飾。希望以簡單流線的造形樣式，即使經過時空轉移，仍能成為珠寶盒中永遠的收藏。

Miss Maru© 的商品

Miss Maru© 提供的商品包括珠寶、手工玻璃製品、創意首飾與相關商品。所有商品皆為 Miss Maru© 原創設計和製作，都是世界上特別且與眾不同的商品。

同時也提供商品訂製的服務，包括珠寶、鑽石、銀飾商品的設計與製作，或現有商品的修改與量身訂做，儘量為顧客做到客製化且滿意的商品服務。

Miss Maru© 的售後服務

提供商品的售後服務，是對自己與顧客的負責，希望每件商品都可以因為良好的保存，而長久的被配戴使用。

凡購買 Miss Maru© 和 Miss Maru etc.商品皆享有一年保固。保固期內提供免費清洗、拋光服務。商品如需維修，則視損壞狀況酌收修理費用，維修作品前，會先向顧客取得同意。

若您因為買錯商品或收到錯誤商品欲辦理退貨或換貨，請於收到商品七天內與Miss Maru© 聯絡，我們將為您提供退貨或換貨的服務。

有任何問題，歡迎造訪Miss Maru© 官方網站（更新建構中）或Facebook粉絲團頁面，取得更多消息。或是直接email聯絡Miss Maru© 。

About Miss Maru©
Miss Maru© was founded in 2007.
The philosophy of Miss Maru© reflects the passion of life, inspired by nature and brings beauty into daily life.
Miss Maru© provides special and original design jewelry, natural gemstones, custom orders and free information of relevant products. We hope the communication between customers who fascinated by our jewelry and other designers could improve the design environment of Taiwan.

Miss Maru© Philosophy
Miss Maru©'s jewelry designs are close to life, beautiful and practical.
For us, a superior design can reflect your personality and articulate what you want to express; a precious gem can be used to create a work of art or a memento to capture unforgettable moments.
We insist on quality in both designs and jewelry, and limit the production of our products. Every Miss Maru© piece is not only an original design, it also tells you its own story which is irreplaceable and unique.

About Miss Maru© & Miss Maru etc.
Miss Maru etc. is the second line by Miss Maru© as a separate direction of design.
Miss Maru© represents a vision of design ever seen before. The aim of Miss Maru© is to create jewelry with individual style, and a new trend besides fashion. Each product is designed through cautious process, repeat of revision and amendment, and then produced as an artistic production.
Miss Maru etc. is the youthful label with pristine and simple specialties. It's practical and friendly to wear in daily life. As a streamline form, jewelry can be lasted as time go by.

Miss Maru© Product
Miss Maru brand offers include jewelry, glass ornaments, creative accessories and related products. Every item of Miss Maru© is designed and created originally by Maru. They are all special and unique in the world.
Custom orders always welcome.

Miss Maru© Service
We hope you love and be happy with our jewelry. If for any reason you are not satisfied with your purchase please contact us first within 7 days of receiving your item.
Miss Maru© has full service of all items. For more information please visit our website (under-construction for now) and facebook, or contact us via email.

重要的一天 :: My Big Day

2011-12-11T17:31:00.004+08:00

在2011年的11月11日，終於完成了我的終身大事！婚禮儀式簡單而隆重，並由親朋好友一同見證，真的很開心！

自己做的戒枕與我們的婚戒 Handmade ring pillow and our rings

儀式中我們交換了戒指... 你的婚戒是你最愛的千鳥格紋，我的婚戒是我人生買的第一顆鑽石-六角形彩鑽包鑲而成。

我們的結婚戒指 Our wedding bands

在儀式中交換戒指 We exchanged rings in the ceremony

而我的訂婚戒指是夢寐以求的Asscher Cut方形祖母綠鑽石，搭配一顆看不見的星星與微鑲小鑽設計的戒腳。

你的婚戒與我的訂婚戒 Your wedding band and my engagement ring

每個戒指的設計都是獨一無二的，也是我們的最愛，就像彼此個性不同，卻能夠互相欣賞！

緊握的雙手 Our holding hands

On 11th November 2011, I got married!! It was a small ceremony. I am very glad to have my families and friends together to share my happiness in that day. 

I designed our wedding bands and my engagement ring (I know it's not very romantic..). His wedding band is 14k white-gold with black-white houndstooth pattern. Mine is 14k yellow-gold with a yellow hexagon diamond the first diamond I bought in a bezel setting. I also designed my engagement ring in a simple way. It's a ring in 14k white-gold with an Asscher cut diamond I love love love so much and star design under the diamond. There are some micro pave little diamonds on the band as well.

Each ring is unique and special. They are like us and we all love them.

結婚紀念石 :: Wedding Anniversaries and Stones

2011-07-20T23:47:00.001+08:00

結婚週年與週年紀念石 Wedding Anniversaries and Stones
(括號中為可替代的寶石)

第1年 - Paper wedding 紙婚 - Gold (Peridot) 金(橄欖石)
第2年 - Cotton wedding 布婚 - Garnet石榴石
第3年 - Leather wedding 皮婚 - Pearl (Jade) 珍珠(翡翠)
第4年 - Silk wedding 絲婚 - Blue Topaz (Blue Zircon)藍色拓帕石(藍色鋯石)
第5年 - Wood wedding 木婚 - Sapphire (Pink Tourmaline) 剛玉(粉紅色電氣石)
第6年 - Iron or Sugar wedding 鐵或糖婚 - Amethyst (Turquoise) 紫水晶(土耳其石)
第7年 - Copper or Wool wedding 紅銅或羊毛婚 - Onyx (Yellow Sapphire, Golden Beryl) 縞瑪瑙(黃色剛玉,金色綠柱石)
第8年 - Bronze wedding 青銅婚 - Tourmaline (Tanzanite) 電氣石/璧璽(丹泉石)
第9年 - Pottery wedding 陶婚 - Lapis Lazuli (Amethyst, Green Spinel)青金石(紫水晶,綠色尖晶石)
第10年 - Tin wedding 錫婚 - Diamond (Blue Sapphire)鑽石(藍寶石)
第11年 - Steel wedding 鋼婚 - Turquoise (Citrine, Yellow Zircon)土耳其石(黃水晶,黃色鋯石)
第12年 - Linen wedding 亞麻婚 - Jade (Opal)翡翠(蛋白石)
第13年 - Lace wedding 蕾絲婚 - Citrine (Moonstone, Hawk's Eye)黃水晶(月光石,鷹眼石)
第14年 - Ivory wedding 象牙婚 - Opal (Agate, Bloodstone)蛋白石(瑪瑙,血石)
第15年 - Crystal wedding 水晶婚 - Ruby (Rhodolite Garnet, Alexandrite)紅寶石(玫瑰榴石,金綠寶石/亞歷山大石)
第20年 - China wedding 瓷器婚 - Emerald (Yellow or Golden Diamond)祖母綠(黃鑽)
第25年 - Silver wedding/julbilee 銀婚 - Silver (Tsavorite, Green Garnet)銀(沙弗來石,綠榴石)
第30年 - Pearl wedding 珍珠婚 - Pearl珍珠
第35年 - Coral or Jade wedding 珊瑚或翡翠婚 - Emerald祖母綠
第40年 - Ruby wedding 紅寶石婚 - Ruby紅寶石
第45年 - Sapphire wedding藍寶石婚 - Sapphire (Cat's Eye)藍寶石(貓眼石)
第50年 - Golden wedding金婚 - Golden (Imperial / Golden Topaz)金(帝王拓帕石)
第55年 - Emerald wedding 祖母綠婚 - Alexandrite金綠寶石/亞歷山大石
第60年 - Diamond wedding 鑽石婚 - Diamond鑽石
第65年 - Blue Sapphire wedding 藍寶石婚 - Blue Spinel藍色尖晶石
第70年 - Platinum wedding 白金婚 - Sapphire (Smoky Quartz)剛玉(煙水晶)
第75年 - Diamond and Gold wedding 鑽石黃金婚 - Diamond鑽石
第80年 - Oak wedding 橡木婚 - Ruby紅寶石

展覽訊息 :: Exhibition News

2011-06-25T17:43:00.001+08:00

去年的碩士作品，將在位於英國倫敦 Business Design Centre的New Designers 2011展覽中，與愛丁堡藝術學院(Edinburgh College of Art)一同展出。這個展覽跟台灣的新一代設計展有點像，許多英國境內的大學院校和設計學院，都會選擇在此展出。當然同時還有許多不同的英國設計展和其他類別的設計展，也會有很多其他學校選擇在不一樣的展覽中出現，如果對英國設計展有興趣的人，這個時間造訪英國可以得到很多不同的收穫。

展覽時間 Time：2011年6月29日～7月2日　Part 1
展覽位置 Position：愛丁堡藝術學院展區　J16

My postgraduate work will be shown at the New Designers 2011 with Edinburgh College of Art from 29 June to 02 July 2011 at Business Design Centre in London. This exhibition is very similar to Young Designers' Exhibition in Taiwan. Many universities and colleges will join this exhibition and show the works of graduates. In the meanwhile, many design exhibitions are held in London as well. This is great time to see all new designs and products in London.

訂製珠寶 :: Custom Jewellery

2011-06-15T18:45:00.004+08:00

這兩個月以來，為一位可愛的客戶完成了兩件訂製珠寶～

作品都以客戶所愛的Yuki為主題，分別製成純銀愛心手鍊與愛心相片墜（追憶墜結構）。兩件雖為不同時間製作設計，卻都深富紀念價值，並刻上了值得紀念的日期。完成的瞬間真的十分讓MARU感動！而成套的設計更能展現訂製珠寶的特別之處。

Sterling silver bracelet / May.2011
925 銀
Sterling silver

訂製珠寶與一般珠寶的不同處，除了從零開始手工製作以外，最大的不同就是它所具有的獨特個性；融合了客戶與設計師的想法、被客戶賦予的期望和意義，以及獨一無二的造型。經由量身訂做，珠寶不再只是一個裝飾品，它的價值也不是可以用金錢計算的出來的。相信這兩件作品都可以傳達出，主人對Yuki滿滿的愛與思念。

Sterling silver necklace / June.2011
925 銀, 玻璃, 相片
Sterling silver, glass, photograph

I have made two custom jewellery for a lovely customer in these two months. They are a bracelet and a necklace which contain the memories of her dog - Yuki, who is in Heaven now. They are made in May and June separately, and marked two special dates for her specific occasion - one is her birthday. They also can be a set. I am really proud of these two pieces because they are finished very nicely and neatly.

It is always irreplaceable having a custom jewellery which is created only for you from the beginning to the end. It not only contains the ideas of customer and designer, also the meaning and expectation of customer. It is so unique. It can not be counted by cost. It means more!

What I found in these jewellery is customer's yearning and love.

最新作品 :: New Designs in 2010

2011-05-06T23:35:00.005+08:00

這些都是去年MARU剛回台灣時，在參加簡單生活節時發表的新品，隔了相當久才放上來，真是不好意思><～當天還有一些隱藏版的新品，但是都是限量的，所以賣完就沒有囉～僅不定期在市集出現，歡迎大家趁Miss Maru©有參加市集的時候來挖寶喔～

去年底的新作有：
★夢想之翼系列-夢想之翼耳環（貼耳款）
不對稱的耳環造型，加上圓形銀珠裝飾，是我在國外唸書時為自己開發的款式，不但方便於天天配戴，也相當的與眾不同！

Wings of Dream earring #2 / Nov.2010

925 銀

Sterling silver

★貓耳朵純銀戒指
一隻有著我的愛貓Berry靈魂的戒指，立體的貓耳朵造型，是創作時把不時把自己的貓抓來觀察、臨摹出來的喔～

Cat ear ring / Nov.2010

925 銀

Sterling silver

★傑克魔豆純銀戒指
以十顆中間有凹槽染黑處理，不同樣式的碗豆組合而成，一個近看有細緻度，遠看相當秀氣的一個戒指。多只一起配戴，則會提高份量感和粗獷感，是一個富有多重風格和變化的作品。

Jack and the Beanstalk ring / Nov.2010

925 銀

Sterling silver

★貝殼珍珠純銀戒指
垂吊部份由天然貝殼翻造，搭配天然珍珠製作而成的作品，除了可當戒指兩面配戴，也可加鍊成為墜子，多樣式配戴。

Shell and pearl ring / Nov.2010

925 銀

Sterling silver, pearl

★限量波浪純銀手環
以手工鍛敲塑型而成，保留手工敲打的原始表面，獨一無二的造型，給獨一無二的您。

Wave bracelet / Nov.2010

925 銀

Sterling silver

★限量玻璃愛心劍墜
從2007接觸到玻璃鑄造後，就一直很想將玻璃材質加到作品中。這是第一次嘗試將手工鑄造的愛心琉璃，和雕刻寶劍造型結合的作品。很高興可以將兩個最愛，但非常有衝突的材質搭配在一起，呈現出獨特且融合效果。

Glass heart and silver sword pendant / Nov.2010

925 銀

Sterling silver

未來會有更多複合媒材的作品出現在Miss Maru©的作品裡，也希望大家可以多多支持～

These jewelleries are the pieces I made for attending for the street market of Simple Life last year. Most of them are with clean and simple style for wearing in daily life, for examples, Cat ear ring and Wave bracelet. I also put a new material in my jewellery - glass, which I love so much, in Glass heart and silver sword pendant. There are also some limited edition only show in market. I am very glad most of them are already be bought by my sweet customers. In the future, there will be more limited and mixed material items which will exhibit in the street market and my collection.

News :: 週年慶特惠與簡單市集 Sale & Simple Market

2011-04-01T17:11:00.003+08:00

時間過得好快，Miss Maru© 已經三歲囉！在氣溫漸漸回升，陽光也開始露臉的四月天，不但有週年慶特惠，同時4月24日也將參加週日在信義公民會館的簡單市集，希望大家都可以把握這次機會，來看看新作和MARU喔～^^

★★品牌週年慶特惠★★
1｜2011年4月1日～4月30日
2｜網路商品全面 9折優惠(免郵資)
3｜購物滿 2000 元，即贈送Miss Maru©獨家手工製作胸花一件（數量有限，送完為止）

★★4/24簡單市集★★
地點｜台北市信義公民會館中央廣場
時間｜下午13:00~晚上19:00 Add. and Map

期待與大家的見面喔～xoxox

聖誕新年都快樂！ :: Merry X'mas & Happy New Year!!

2010-12-25T00:42:00.004+08:00

旅行是為了走更長遠的路
然後帶著滿滿的能量
回到溫暖的家

祝大家
聖誕新年都快樂!

All the best, Miss Maru©

2010簡單生活節 Urban Simple Life 2010

2010-12-10T11:01:00.005+08:00

今年的簡單生活節順利的結束囉～很高興遇到了兩年不見的老朋友+老顧客Ruby，還有一樣是在愛丁堡唸書的學姐，以及很多喜歡Miss Maru©的朋友們！而老天爺也很給面子的給了我十足的好天氣，陽光普照之外還非常的溫暖，有種夏天的錯覺～

Miss Maru展示了趕工一個月拚出來的成績

MARU也因為這次機會深深地瞭解到，自己還有很長的一段路要走，還需要更努力的研發跟思考未來。雖然不知道兩年後會如何，但期許自己可以找到那個黑暗中的門，用自己的鑰匙打開它。

Best wishes to everyone!

xoxo
MARU

今年錯過最愛的綺貞的演唱會，還好在簡單生活節補聽了一點！

人潮洶湧，夕陽無限好的簡單生活節2010

另外Miss Maru© 的Facebook粉絲團也成立囉～歡迎大家加入喔！(左邊也有連結圖示可以加入)

Find Miss Maru© at Facebook:

News :: 2010簡單生活節 / Urban Simple Life 2010

2010-10-30T15:33:00.000+08:00

MARU回到台灣了，同時很開心的宣布，Miss Maru© 將再次參加簡單生活節的草原市集。能夠回到台灣繼續創作，並徵選上市集，真的是一件非常幸運的事～

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活動日期：12/ 4(六) .12/5 (日)
活動地點：台北華山1914創意文化園區
活動時間：早上11點到晚上10點

凡現場購買商品，都有現金推廣價八～九折的優惠～
還有未發表新品及特惠組合也將率先亮相～
其他資訊可上2010簡單生活節網頁 !
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另外休站一年的奇摩拍賣Miss Maru Yahoo Online Shop，也重新上線了，喜歡Miss Maru© 作品的朋友，歡迎來逛逛！限量商品或單一商品售出就沒有了，敬請把握機會！！

MARU is in Taiwan now! I am very glad to be here and have started working again. The first street market I will join is 'Urban Simple Market 2010'. Do not miss this opportunity to have new Miss Maru jewellery and meet MARU at Simple Life grassland market!

Date: 4th - 5th December
Place: Huashan 1914 - Creative Park
Time: 11am - 10pm

By the way, the Yahoo Online Shop of Miss Maru has been launched again. Welcome everyone to take a look at my works. Many thanks!

畢展延伸I : Degree Show Development I

2010-09-12T03:15:00.003+08:00

Day 1

我的畢業展已經在上上個週末（8月29日）順利結束了，很開心展覽期間得到很多人的讚美跟鼓勵，還有加油的字句。這次的畢業展有別於一般展覽僅僅將珠寶作品做展示，而加入了許多互動與換新的元素在展場裡面，讓大家可以藉由不同的體驗，來增加對主題和作品的認識。

第一個經由畢展延伸的部份，就是服裝造型的創造。展場中放的三個人體模型，每天藉由上面的"不變"的三件舊衣，與"不變"的珠寶，創造出"多變"的造型，讓大家認識如何經由我的作品塑造出一件衣服的多種樣貌。衣服分別是（由左至右）：奶油色的真絲的洋裝，長針織衫和化纖洋裝。我的作品針對不同布料材質的考量，讓服裝的造型在改變的同時，仍能以不傷衣料的方式，增加呈現的樣式。而每天創造不同造型的同時，我也得到了相當多的樂趣，有的衣服甚至能用一種珠寶變化出十種以上的樣貌！

展期的九天中，我都親自到場改變衣服的樣子，雖然不見得有人會連續兩天來參觀，但是這個過程已經變成我的專題的一個部份，希望未來有機會繼續做更多的延伸。

九天展期改變的造型如圖所示：

My degree show was ended last Sunday, 29th August. It not only displayed my jewellery I created but also the transitions of the garments' changes. It is the first development of my project. The photographs which were taken of people are the other evidence of my development.

The first part is how I can create other new looks from one garment at space. There are three pieces of the garment, including one silk dress, one long cardigan and one polyester dress. I put different series of jewellery on them and used them to alter the forms of garments every day. Each piece of jewellery are designed for a certain kind of textile, like 'YES Band' and 'HATE Band' are suitable for those garments which are not allowed to be pinned, such as silk and chiffon. These changes show the possibilities of my jewellery and the garments, like the posters displayed on the glass wall. I also have explored more methods to alter a garment through one piece during this time and it really gave me a lot of fun.

The changes of each day are shown as photographs:

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Day 9

我的碩士畢業展 : My MA Degree Show

2010-08-22T05:13:00.006+08:00

我的碩士畢業展從今天開始了，8月21日～8月29日，於愛丁堡藝術學院的Evolution House二樓展出！

昨天剛經歷了Private View，今天也顧了展場一個早上，真的是一個很有趣的經驗，加上大家可以在我的展示區跟我的珠寶sample留下照片，就整個很興奮！還有一個拍立德牆可以讓大家釘上自己的照片，看著牆面的照片不斷增加，心情也越來越好～之後會把展場每天增加的內容也慢慢放到blog上，除了是我的project的延續以外，也是我的degree show留下來的珍貴紀念！

謝謝所有參觀我的畢業展與留下照片的熱情的人們，有大家的參與，我的project才更有意義。

My MA work is displaying on the 2nd floor at Evolution House, the ECA Postgraduate Degree Show 2010, from 21st-29th August.

I had a good time at Private View last night. Many people came to visit the exhibition and left their comments to my work. It is a very interesting experience and good chance to show my work and idea to people. I have a 'Touch Zone' for people to try my jewellery samples and they can also take their photos at space. These photos will be the important development of my project. I will document them after this show. I hope my project will keep going in the future and give people more ideas to their discard garments. The Polaroid wall is growing up and getting more and more interesting photos. I am really happy to see people using and playing my jewellery. It is the interaction I attempt to do for this show.

Many thanks to people who have visited and left their creations to me. It helps my project more solid and meaningful.

值得慶賀的一件事 : Congratulations to me!

2010-08-14T04:07:00.009+08:00

今天終於把這學年要審查的畢業製作+畢業佈置展完成了，這一年來的辛苦幾乎就在這一天告一個段落了，心裡百感交集，身體萬分疲累，所以剩下的許多關於作品和設計過程，只能等之後慢慢分享了！先放上ECA畢業展的網站連結，可以看到我的作品介紹（英文）。詳細的介紹跟更多作品會慢慢補上。

等著迎接一個禮拜後的畢業展！

>> ECA Postgraduate Degree Show 2010 Website
>> My page

I just finished my degree show display today, and I really feel so pleased with what I have done for this year and the results of my works. Everything represents myself and the journey I took from the start of my project. I wish I could talk more about my works when I took a break then.

The link is my degree show website which shows my introduction. I can't wait for the degree show coming after one week! Hopefully everything will be alright!

再撐一下 / So close

2010-07-19T07:21:00.009+08:00

八月底就要迎接最後的審查-畢業展(Degree Show)了！這一個月以來只能用水深火熱來形容，但我相信成果一定是甜美的！！

再撐一下吧！！

日前去Glasgow散心遇到的酒鬼三人組，非常搞笑~
Three drunks and me in Glasgow, 2010

By the end of August is the time of Degree Show. I have been working on my work hardly this month. I believe I will go through this and present my work brilliantly and proudly.

It is so close!!

我的偶像(二) / My Idols(2)

2010-05-19T02:45:00.009+08:00

最近因為課業進入尾聲，要為畢業展做準備，所以很久一段時間都沒有更新部落格了。但是自己並沒有因為忙碌所以放棄任何出遊和增加見聞的機會，利用了復活期的假期，到了倫敦跟湖區(Lake District)一趟；在倫敦看了許多的展覽，去了很多博物館跟美術館，也在美麗的湖區感受了大自然的魅力。從二月到四月這段期間有好多事情想要分享，但真的苦無時間，希望等我畢業展結束再好好把一切都記錄下來！

Self Portrait as an Artist, 1888. Oil on canvas.
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

而這段時間最讓我印象深刻的收穫，除了德國之旅、讓人驚豔的湖區以外，就是我在倫敦看到的梵谷的展覽(The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters)。很幸運的我在4月7號看到了這個展覽，它是從2010年的1月23日展到4月18日，在皇家藝術學院(RAA,不是RCA)展出。我大約下午一點到，就看到了滿滿的人龍，一排就是一個半小時，才進到展場看了一個半小時的展。展場相當的大，總共展出超過35件的梵谷信件，與65幅油畫，30幅素描(詳情可上展覽官方網站)。

從小我就一直都很愛梵谷，我愛他畫裡斑斕繽紛的顏色，充滿了生命力與滿滿的熱情。是他讓我幻想過有一天，我也要當個畫家。也許現在我已經放棄這個念頭了，但是我卻不放棄任何可以看到他作品的機會。從愛丁堡、慕尼黑到倫敦，我看到了許多他的真跡，包括了兩幅他最知名的向日葵(Sunflowers)。從沒想過自己可以如此幸運，可以近距離的深深地被他的畫感動。他一直是我的偶像，也是我最愛的畫家。

在這個展覽中，我不但認識了他的生活與背景，也認識到了他的決心與性格。從他寄給弟弟的信件中可以瞭解到，他並不是一個我過去以為的狂人，而是一個認真看待作品與職業的實踐家。從他決定當畫家到過世，短短的十年間，他就創作了超過800幅的油畫與1200幅的素描。每一幅畫，他都認真的思考與實踐，不斷的超越自己，試圖以新的手法表現。

他是這樣一個努力的畫家，就算是一個藝術家，也從不鬆懈。

我也不由得思考自己是不是夠努力，有沒有像他一樣努力？如果我像他一樣努力，會不會有不同的結果？所以我想是時候，開始更認真的研究自己的作品，不管代價多大，這樣也許會有機會留下一件滿意的作品。

It's a long time I haven't updated my blog.  These days, I'm busy working with my project and was looking for some information for my project book.  However, I still used my time to have a short trip in London and Lake District in April.  I  really had a good time! I've seen many museums, galleries, exhibitions and amazing scenes..  I'd like to share everything but I don't have enough time doing this.  I hope I can write more in the future!!

Nonetheless, I choose to post the great exhibition I've seen in London - 'The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters'.  This is  Van Gogh's exhibition at Royal Academy of Arts (RAA) in London from23 January to 18 April 2010, and I was so lucky I can see it on 7th April.  I spent about 1.5 hours waiting for buying ticket in the queue, and another 1.5 hours to look at his creations and letters.  This exhibition includes over 35 original letters, around 65 paintings and 30 drawings. (for more details please go to this website) 

I love Van Gogh since I was a child. I love the colours he uses in his paintings - vivid and glaring. It's full of energy and passion. I dreamed about being a painter because of his influence. Maybe I gave it up now, but I never miss any chance to see his work. I've seen so many his paintings in different places, like Edinburgh, Munich and London, including two of his famous 'Sunflowers'. It's so unbelievable I could be so lucky seeing his work in person. I can't help being touched and motional. He is my idol and the first love painter ever.

In this exhibition, I know more about Van Gogh - not only the history of his life and paitings but his personality and determination. I thought he is a crazy and insane but talented painter before, but now I think he is not only like that, he also spent his life in a very serious way. From his letters to his brother, I could realise he considers about his work in different process and pushed himself every day. He has only being an artist for only 10 years since he decided when he was 27-year-old, but has left an abundant body of work of more than 800 paintings and 1,200 sketches.

He's a painter and works very hard. I couldn't help thinking - am I work hard enough like him? Can I work as hard as he did? If I do so, will everything be different - especially my work? I would like to try working harder. Even maybe It will cost a lot, I still could have a chance to leave great work in the world.

那天剛好下雨，人還是非常的多！
It was a raining day but still so many people!

只有兩個現場售票窗口，網路預定票前一天查都被買光了！
All tickets in advance have been booked, and only two windows for sale in that day

展出的信件真跡
The original letters from Van Gogh

展出的畫作 - Cypresses, June 1889. Oil on canvas.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Designers can do more / 設計師能做的更多

2010-01-21T21:21:00.003+08:00

美麗的雪景
Pollok Country Park, Glasgow, Uk / Dec.2009

這篇其實是12月中就想寫的，但之後遇到期末..放假（出去玩）..趕開學作業..開學..到現在，就變成晚了一個月的文章了！

話說12月中，所有的碩士生都將自己要做的研究，做成了一張A3的海報，以向大家說明自己的設計和已經進行的研究過程。很高興的，我看到了很多學生都將自己的研究往環保的目的設計，而這也是自己一直努力的方向之一。

反觀自己，其實要做的主題跟環保也有那麼一點點關係，並不是為環保而環保，而是相信地球只有一個，其他生物都有生存的權利，也異常的美麗，如果自己可以多做一些些，每個人都多做一些些，就可以變成很大的力量。所以在生產Miss Maru®商品時，就開始投入這樣的概念，包括不過量與適度生產（接訂單後再行製作）、避免電鍍、注重設計品質與效果，而非只講時效的推陳出新..等等。

這禮拜也剛好聽了一個講座（Ethical Fashion Symposium），討論關於時尚與生產道德相關的議題，有一位學校的老師、兩位校外團體與一位有機服飾布料生廠者的演講。每位演講者都提出了自己的意見與現在正在進行的努力，不管是從監督者的角度、生產者的角度，還有提供問題和意見的學生角度，都可以得到相當多的資訊；包括棉花與棉布的生產如何造成土壤雨水污染..有機羊毛布料的生產流程..到超時工作的服飾勞工與資方的給付問題..以及正在就讀時尚與布料相關設計學院的學生，對自己能力所及的疑惑，都給了我很多不同的啟發。就我來說，其實有些建議只能在理想的狀況下才能完整的實現，或是根本不可能實現，畢竟這是資本主義的社會，很多狀況不僅僅是勞資糾紛或是生產程序的問題而已，放大來看可能是階級、種族、甚至資本主義社會與人類資源分配的問題。如果要完全改變，必須靠相當強大的力量，推翻現有問題的狀態，以達成完全平等或是有限資源使用的目標。

但是，難道因為不能改變就放棄或是停止努力？

我想不是的。

因為設計師可以做的更多..任何人都可以做的更多！

雖然要使用昂貴的有機材料做設計並不是那麼容易，設計師也無法控制資方給予勞方的待遇，第三世界的勞工也無法得到合理的工作時數（或是擺脫貧困），但是我相信從設計師的角度，還是可以做許多事；包括思考產品的再利用度、提高產品的品質與資源使用程度、把設計與環保概念結合、尋找環保或是永續性素材、減少同類型與款式設計..等等。我想都可以幫助自己，也幫助地球～

而同樣生為消費者的我，也努力的做回收（英國竟然沒強制垃圾分類...）、去二手市場買東西與材料（省錢又環保！）、在台灣夏天也可以不開冷氣..等等。也許跟更多環保人士相比，我做的並不多，但是多做一點是一點，資源就多剩一點，美景就可以多留一點點。

This article is what I liked to write about last month, however, it became a late article because of my assessment by the end of semester, holiday and assessment of the beginning of second semester.

In the middle of December, all masters had to make an A3 poster contains their idea of project and the process they have done. I was so glad to see many students are focus in eco issues that I try to put my effort in my work as well.

And my project has a little relevant of eco idea; it is not for a purpose, it is for our earth, creatures and lives. If I can do a little, everyone can do a little, and then this can become a big power. I also put this idea in the making process of Miss Maru. I try to produce the product after I received the order to avoid over producing, not do the plate unless customers asked and not ask for efficiency but quality and design.

In this week, I joined a symposium about ethical fashion. There were one ECA teacher, two speakers from society groups and a producer from an organic garment design company presented their ideas and efforts. They pointed out different ethical ideas as an adviser, producer or designer, including what is the influence to earth by making cotton fabrics, what is the process of producing organic wool fabric and the labour issue by fashion industry. There are also some students asked them some interesting questions, like what student can do. I can not help wondering after this symposium, maybe most problems could not be solved, and some suggestions only can be put into practice in ideal situation. The true reasons causes these problems actually are the levels, races and capitalism in societies or the earth resources we can not divide equally. If we really want to change this situation, that means we need to reverse this world in many ways.

However, should we stop trying because we can not change?

I think it is not. We designers can do more, everyone can do more!

Maybe it is not easy using organic materials as designed products, designers can not decide the benefits for labour and labour could not get reasonable working hours or rid of poor, but I believe as a designer we can still do many things good for earth. We could think about how to reuse the designed products, combine designs with eco ideas, search for recycle materials or reduce similar designs, etc. It is not good for earth also our lives.

Furthermore, as a consumer, I try my best doing recycling, buying materials from second hand stores and living without air condition in summer, etc. Maybe it is not as much as environmental people do, nevertheless, more people put their efforts in this part, more resources and beautiful scenes will be saved. I really hope I could do more and more in the future.

How to design / 如何做設計

2009-11-20T19:28:00.014+08:00

九月往St. Andrews小鎮路上的風景（很喜歡不期然動態的效果）
On my way to St. Andrews (I like the unexpected moving effect)

如何做設計，既是一個問題，也是一個教學綱目，但對我現在來說，他是一個沒有答案的問題，我也會學著先不要去回答它。因為自從來到這個新的環境，我開始瞭解到了另一種製作／設計的作法。我愛設計，但其實在設計之前，還有許多可以嘗試的可能性，能夠試著去做出許多更廣泛或是更瘋狂的想法。而我真的覺得這個階段非常有趣，就像人生可以有不同的可能性一樣！就算最後畢業前我還是需要完成一件作品，把成品交出來，但我的未來也因此改變了，我能夠在做到設計的步驟之前，拓展更多的方向，而這是跟以前在台灣學的方法，非常不同的地方。當然台灣的方法不一定是好或壞，但我已經多了一扇通往另一條路的門，而我也非常高興可以有這樣的學習。

在剛開始的課程中，CVCS（論文指導部（自我認定的說法））的老師就給我們播放了一個從Ted.com（集合許多知名人士演講的網站）上Elizabeth Gilbert的演講。她講到了如何跟創意相處，並與平衡自己的心理狀態，不應給自己太大的壓力。我也經由朋友的介紹，看了Ken Robinson的演講，闡述他對現今創意設計和教育現狀的想法。而對我來說，我經由這樣的學習跟從不同人的觀點得到的關鍵想法是，其實我並不需要經由設計去真正達成某樣特別的成就，而是要將自己的創意實踐，並帶到這個世界，無論是用何種方式。

兩天前學校有一個題目為'Touch'（接觸）的演講，請到了三位包括藝術家、愛丁堡大學研究3D的團隊、和開發3D軟體等不同領域的人來幫我們做作品介紹。最後的發問時間，一個同學問到他們："我真的需要去學那麼多新方法來做作品嗎？我真的對這些新科技相當困惑，他們似乎讓大家都用同樣的方法做作品。"雖然他的問題並不能改變任何現狀，或是阻止科技向前邁進，同時也有太多相關的議題可以討論，但是這卻是一個我不曾思考過的問題。我總是很樂意去知道任何新的方法或技術，並思考是否有我可以學習與應用的地方。我們真的需要這個方法去製作作品嗎？難道不能用傳統的方式嗎？是否有必要用這樣的技術去生產如此多的產品來販賣呢？也許答案是肯定的，也許是否定的，但我真的對於這位同學會問這樣的問題十分感興趣，是因為國外的教育所致嗎？那他又是用怎樣的方法在做他的作品呢？

很高興自己可以知道各種不同的想法，大家都有權表達意見，沒有誰對誰錯的同時，世界也變得比較寬廣了。在真正開始做設計之前，我還有許多想法跟事情可以做，而這正是創意可以發揮的地方。大膽嘗試，不管成功與否，是一件非常有趣的事，也真的對我很有幫助呢～

演講中文字幕連結：
Elizabeth Gilbert
Ken Robinson

The title is a question or a taught issue, but for me now, it is a no answer question and I will not try to answer it. Through the journey I have in a new country, I have started realising a fresh way doing my work/design. I love doing design, however, before design I could do a lot of wide or wild thinking about my idea. It is totally interesting to me. Life can have more possibility, even in this study, I need to finish a piece of work. Nevertheless, I can explore a new world after this, and try to create my work in a new way unlike the education I had before. I can not say the education I had is bad, but now I had opened a new door for my life and mind. Sometimes the process and test could bring different ideas (or not), but I do enjoy this and I am so happy to have this.

In the beginning of study, our CVCS tutor showed master group this talk, addressed by Elizabeth Gilbert from Ted.com (an interesting website collected talks from remarkable people). She talked about what we can think about our creativity, and how to deal our emotion. I also saw Ken Robinson's talk today from my friend's message. He discussed the relationship between creativity and education nowadays. Maybe the key point to me, is not achieving anything through my creativity, yet how to do what I love and bring my creativity to the world, no matter what it is.

Two days ago, I listened a lecture about 'Touch'. School asked three people talked about their work, including artist's work, 3D software and 3D research work. One student asked them: 'Do I really need to know so many skills or technique to create my work? I am so confused about new technology. They all bring us to do our work in the same way.' Actually, his opinion can not change anything at all, new things and technology will keep going forward, and there are too many ideas for these issues. But I really think, this question is what I never thought before, I always love to learn new skills and technique, and try to use them wisely to achieve my goal. Do we really need them? Can we create our work in a traditional and simple way? Do we really need to produce so many works for sell? Maybe, or maybe not. But I am interested in why he thinks in that way, is it because of education? And how does he make his work instead?

I am really glad to know different ideas and thinking. Everyone can express their idea directly. Nothing is totally right and wrong and has so many possibilities in it. I am thinking, before design I have so many things can do and develop, and that is where the creativity is. Trying without thinking is good for me, I do enjoy it, no matter what it is.

Busy Week 3 :: 忙碌的第三週

2009-10-11T23:05:00.009+08:00

在開學的第三個禮拜，變得異常的忙碌，有一個作業、一個報告跟兩個小短文的閱讀，幫朋友慶生，外加訂車票跟鐵路卡（young person railcard）。不過因為課堂上的討論，開始瞭解到外國的教育跟台灣的是如何的不同。他們並不會告訴我應該怎麼做，或是何時要做，甚至是做的好不好，一切都是自己來，自己找方法。我想這樣開放的態度對我現階段來說是很有用的，尤其自己在設計了那麼久的時間之後，應該讓想法更廣闊，努力打破自己的設限。

其中有個必聽課叫CVCS（其實還不是很瞭解它的功用..），老師要我們介紹一件自己很有興趣或是喜愛的作品。我介紹了藝術家Dorothy Cross在2000年的影片創作-'eyemaker'。這是我在2002年的台北當代藝術館看的展覽-「科技禁區」的作品之一，總共是22分鐘的影片，影片全程都是在拍攝玻璃工藝師如何從零，用拉絲技法，製作出一顆栩栩如生的玻璃眼珠。影片的最後，藝術家要求工藝師將作品吹破，一瞬間眼球破裂成千千萬萬個碎片，化為無形。

我想在這件作品中，藝術家傳達了從無到有，從無形到具體，從人工到自然，和從完美到破碎的過程。另外這件作品給觀看者的衝擊，也是相當強烈的，我總期待著眼球完成的時刻，一件作品完美呈現的時刻，然而在最後，眼球卻是破碎的，一瞬間化為虛有，那種從期待到失落的感覺，是相當奇妙的，也不同於以往藝術作品所傳達單一或是完美的概念。我也從那時開始思考，我的作品是否也可以給觀看者或是配戴者一些感受，除了美麗以外的感受。於是2008我做出了「森之夜想」系列，將自己的恐懼轉換到作品上，相信也讓一些觀看者感受了相當的恐懼感，而那正是我想表達的一部份。我也希望未來能繼續把這樣的概念加到作品上。

Eyemaker - Dorothy Cross, 2000

這是我一直忘不掉的作品之一，而我一向喜愛不完美的美麗，就像電影「美國心玫瑰情」的故事，縱然最後留下一抹淡淡的憂傷，但其實那就是人生最美的片刻。

In third week, I finished my first project, one presentation and two short reading in school, celebrated my friend's birthday, applied for railcard and booked the tickets. It is quite a busy week, however, I really learned a lot thought these experiences.

I have realised how different the education in UK and Taiwan is. I have to find out what I can do and need to do for my study, and never limit myself at first. Then I can have more possibilities and gain more knowledge from different sources.

In one of my lecture, the teacher asked us to introduce a work I like or I am interested in. I selected a piece of video art created in 2000 by Dorothy Cross, an Irish artist. I saw this work in an exhibition called 'TECH/NO/ZONE' at Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei in 2002. It's a 22-minute video, projected on a screen. It presents a process of making a glass eye that made by ocularist by using lampworking skill. You can see how the ocularist creates a glass eye from glass rods to an artificial eye, and how real it is. At the end of video, she has directed the ocularist to destroy his work – blowing apart the eye. Suddenly, the eye becomes a thousands pieces.

In this work, I think the artist tried to display the journey from empty to concrete, artificial to natural, and perfect to broken. In addition, the feeling of audience follows the making process. At first, I am very expected what will happen next, and I also can feel the eye almost done and is so beautiful and perfect. But it just broken in a second and nothing left. I was astonished at that moment. I started to think what kind of art work can brings such emotional feelings to audience, and keep all the images in my mind. Can I achieve this result in my work? That is a question I thought about at that moment, and I would like to explore in every piece of my creations. Then I created 'Forest Fantasy' in 2008, the first attempt, and wish I can do more about it in the future.

It is the one of the most unforgettable creation I have seen. I really love the broken/imperfect beauty, like the movie 'American Beauty', the sadness left in the end of life is the most beautiful moment.

Two trips in the first week! :: 第一個禮拜的兩個校外教學

2009-10-02T05:30:00.005+08:00

在開學的第一個禮拜，我就參觀了蘇格蘭的兩間博物館跟一間美術館。博物館分別是St Andrews Musuem與National Museum Scotland，美術館叫做Dovecot Studios。

St Andrews Musuem

在9月24日，我們整個系先參觀了St Andrews Musuem，博物館就位在小鎮St Andrews裡，那是一個非常可愛的小鎮。我們參觀的展覽叫做Marzee Collection，由位於荷蘭的Marzee美術館（Galerie Marzee），展出他們的珠寶收藏。令人感到不可思議的是，美術館的擁有者（Marie Jose）也在現場，讓我們聆聽她的故事與提問。

St Andrews Musuem 樓梯

Marzee Collection

小鎮 St Andrews

小鎮 St Andrews（是個有陽光的好天氣～）

隔天一早我們參觀了National Museum Scotland，參觀博物館並不稀奇，神奇的是我們是從後門進去的，看到的是他們博物館收藏的所有珠寶，從古埃及到現代都有。那些我在書上看到的古董珠寶、皇冠，通通都在眼前，還可以讓我觸摸，真的是讓人感動萬分～下午則是到了Dovecot Studios美術館，看他們的展覽。其中一個展覽叫做Jerwood Contemporary Makers，裡面有一位設計師的作品讓我感到印象非常深刻，她叫做Linda Florence（剛被提名British Design Award），作品名稱叫做Sugar Dance，她將她設計的圖案用糖粉撒在地上，並請到舞者於其上跳華爾茲，將圖紋用不同於一般的方式展現，糖粉就像雪花般紛飛，氣氛十分的唯美浪漫。

National Museum Scotland (蠻大的，應該要花一天來看)

Dovecot Studios Gallery

Beautiful 'Sugar Dance'

真的覺得自己超級幸運，可以得到這些在台灣都沒有的體驗，而這些竟然只是開始呢！

Ref. Links:
St Andrews Musuem
Galerie Marzee
National Museum Scotland
Dovecot Studios
Linda Florence

In the first week of my study, I have been traveled two museums and one gallery. One museum is St Andrews Museum, another is National Museum Scotland, and the Dovecot Studios gallery.

On 24th Sep., we took the trip at St Andrews outside Edinburgh and visited the Marzee Collection at St Andrews Museum. This exhibition shows the collection of Galerie Marzee, and the most amazing thing is the owner of gallery - Marie Jose is there. We can talk to her face in face. That is an opportunity that I never have in Taiwan. The showing way of this exhibition is also well. After the visiting, we took lunch in St Andrews, which is a really lovely town. There are so many cute shops!

In the next day, we visited National Museum Scotland, we saw the jewellery collection of the museum and have an unbelievable chance to see the jewelleries from Egypt time to now. The 19th century jewelleries I saw on the books all become real and I can touch them as well!! That is truly a great experience, and I am so grateful to that. Then we visited Dovecot Studios - a gallery in the city. I also saw a modern art exhibition called Jerwood Contemporary Makers and have many inspirations in there. The most impressive one is from Linda Florence, a textile designer, shows her video of her work called 'Sugar Dance' in this exhibition. I really love the way she shows her works and the atmosphere in it.

How can I be so lucky to see these? However, it is just the beginning.

MARU in Edinburgh

2009-09-18T05:15:00.016+08:00

來到愛丁堡已經兩個多禮拜了，美麗的街景跟自然景觀，真的讓我感到無比的幸福跟幸運。到處是百年的教堂和城堡，多樣的美術展覽，我想這一年是可以好好充實自己的。

9月4號從台北出發，在荷蘭阿姆斯特丹的機場轉機，一共飛了18個小時，來到這個半個地球遠的地方，整個就是一個新的開始。不過用了五年多的相機，就這麼在阿姆斯特丹飛愛丁堡途中壞掉了，以致到現在都沒相機可用。希望下禮拜有銀行帳號跟手機，就有錢買新相機了！

而剛到愛丁堡就被微涼的天氣給嚇到了，大約台灣的12～15度左右，之後的兩個禮拜就都幾乎都是溫暖的好天氣了。一直到這幾天，才又回到像第一天的偏冷氣候，而氣象預報下禮拜是9～12度！（晚上的愛丁堡真的很冷啊，而這只是初秋呢...）

我也幸運的在剛到愛丁堡的幾天內，就看到了愛丁堡藝術節閉幕的煙火，整個愛丁堡市區都是看煙火的人潮，而且整整放了一個小時。在異鄉看到中國人發明的煙火，綻放的如此燦爛，思緒也複雜起來。到了半個地球遠的地方，遠離了愛我的家人..男友..朋友..，陌生的語言和環境，通通都是無比的大的挑戰，但我想自己會慢慢克服的，並在克服之後，火花會越來越多，也越加燦爛。

阿姆斯特丹機場的金屬雕塑（將金屬做的柔軟又可愛）

往愛丁堡飛機上的雲朵（相機就是在這個時候掛掉了）

愛丁堡傳統酒館的樣貌

好吃的食物（第一天吃很好吃，之後就開始懷念台灣食物了＠＠）

藝術節閉幕的煙火

I have been in Edinburgh for two weeks. I do feel I am very lucky to be this place that has so many beautiful sights, nature, ancient churches and castles, and various art exhibitions. I can really learn and sense a lot from all of it.

I took a flight from Taipei in 4th Sep., then transfered in Amsterdam, then after 18 hours I arrived in Edinburgh. Everything in here is totally new for me; the weather is so cool even it is actually very good for all Scottish, the food is delicious when I had in the first day, and the language that is so different from chinese. However, I think I will over come all of it, like the fireworks I saw in the end of The Edinburgh International Festival, they sparked so pretty and brilliant in the foreign sky yet they were invented in Asia.

MARU ＆ Miss Maru的新旅程

2009-08-24T12:35:00.017+08:00

給親愛朋友們：

MARU即將在2009的9月，出發到英國愛丁堡，就讀Edinburgh College of Art的珠寶設計碩士。這是一個重大的決定，是為了能在未來做出更好的設計，對自己更加的要求，期望賦予Miss Maru©新頁的里程碑。在出國的這段期間，MARU會將在英國的所見所聞繼續於BLOG刊載，分享英國的設計和生活的點滴，也會繼續創作珠寶，期待著由不同文化碰撞出火花的作品～

而Miss Maru©的商品服務，將於9月後異動如下：
＊Yahoo拍賣網頁
商品會先暫時下架，整理後會將現貨商品繼續刊登販售，但商品一旦售出即絕版，也不會再重新刊登。新品則會在英國當地製作，並於Yahoo拍賣網頁刊登，且註明是否在國外，運費也會因此調整為國際運費，能夠接受的買家再下標。

＊Miss Maru©商品售後服務
需維修與保養的商品依舊依照原維修程序辦理，所以客戶仍能享受原有的優惠與維修服務。

感謝這一年多來大家對MARU和Miss Maru©的支持，希望自己未來可以不斷的進步，創作出更好的作品給大家～

在此獻上最誠摯的祝福給大家～^__^

To My dear friends,

MARU will go to Edinburgh in September to study MA degree in Jewellery at ECA. It is a big decision to me, not only for making a better design also for achieving my goal - being a great jewellery designer. When I study in UK, I will keep writing my views and experience on BLOG, and creating my new jewellery. I wish I could create more and fabulous jewelleries with a different culture influence and the new studies.
Miss Maru product service will be changed as follows:
*Yahoo Auction Shop
All items would not be sold temporarily. After being arranged, they will be posted again. Once they were sold out in Taiwan, they will not be posted again. New items created in UK also will be posted on the page, however, the shopping fee will be charged when they are ordered from Taiwan. Please read the policy on the new product page.
*Customer Service
All services will not be changed. Every request and maintenance from customers can be solved by the details of the "Assurance" page.
Thank you for all supports and encouragements from my dearest friends and customers. I will do my best in creating jewellery, and try to make my design better and better in the future.
Best Wishes,
MARU

IYDE國際青年設計創業家工作坊

2009-06-26T11:56:00.002+08:00

在2008年的6月16日，MARU參加了一個非常有意義的活動，就是IYDE國際青年設計創業家工作坊。

這個活動是由英國文化協會（British Council）舉辦，目的是為了讓在設計領域上創意創業家可以有發聲的機會，並到國外參展與國外設計師交流。而這個工作坊是以通過書面初選審核的參賽者為主，安排學術與業界知名的導師 (Mentor)參與討論，創造一個和彼此互動學習的機會。參加的導師有：政治大學創新與創造力中心的溫肇東教授、華晶創投總監的曾煥哲(Joseph)老師、中子文化執行人的張培仁(Landy)老師（簡單生活節主辦者）、出色創意執行長的陸承蔚(Lou)老師。

一開始經由大家的自我介紹，我看到了好多跟MARU一樣，將自己的理想全力付諸實現的創意創業家，而且大家不約而同的往環保與文化發揚的方向在努力，真的是相當令人感動～之後經由不同老師的課程與活動，讓大家對自己的事業模式做更深的反省與規劃，幫助我們這些創業家思考更多問題。最後每個老師都對我們說了一些鼓勵與建議，希望我們繼續努力，不要因為任何原因而妥協自己。

我想這個部份真的是很重要，也很需要克服的一環。每個創業家一定會碰到如資金..技術..和共同合作等各環節的問題，每個環節都是對自己的打擊與考驗，放棄的念頭更是會不停的發生。但還好自己可以陸陸續續，得到許多不同的鼓勵，讓自己繼續相信自己的信念，堅持走下去。真的感謝所有給予MARU與Miss Maru©支持的所有人，你們的鼓勵、認同、欣賞或是一個拍賣網頁的問題，都會是我繼續生長的養分。

這次參加創意創業家有～（還有很多是創意市集推廣者...創意概念者...等等）

可愛的金可蘿 Dream Carrot--手工車縫的夢幻包包與配件(Hand-made Begs and Accessories)
愛台灣的農麗Nong-Li--推廣在地台灣精神與文化的潮流品牌(Taiwan Style and Sprit Goods)
勇敢地球人漱木齋home-handiwork--環保手繪圖畫與回收木頭創作(Hand-made Drawings and Wood Crafts)
愛寵物又愛地球的ppark--生產環保在地的寵物用品(Eco-friendly Pets Equipment)
時尚的黑田莉子牛肉乾--家傳的牛肉乾滋味加上新穎的包裝設計

這真的是一個很美好的經驗～也希望大家能支持在台灣土地努力的所有創意創業家！～^^

（結束回家的路上,天空剛下過雨,好美好乾淨～）

I have attended a meaningful competition called International Young Design Entrepreneur (IYDE) Award 2009 these days, and participated the workshop for candidates on 16th June. This competition is held by British Council. The goal of it is creating the opportunity for creative design entrepreneurs to have a chance to attend the exhibition called 100% Design in UK. The workshop aims to let every design entrepreneur think about their business though the activities and lectures from some good mentors: Professor Wen(
Professor & Director of The Center for Creativity and Innovation of NCCU), Joseph(Managing Director President if Crystal Ventures), Landy(Inaugurator of Simple Life) and Lou（The CEO of Pumpkin Creative Inc.）. They all gave us their good advice and encouraged us to keep working on our business. I was so touched in this workshop. It is not only because I met so many talented people in Taiwan, but also encouraged by mentors and these entrepreneurs well. I really glad I can attend this competition and have such a great experience. And Thanks all supports from my family, friends, customers and any people who gave MARU and Miss Maru© courage.

2009/6/21 夏至關燈

2009-06-20T19:15:00.003+08:00

2009/6/21 夏至關燈
讓夏夜的風吹拂自己的臉龐吧～隔天要拚命的努力了！！

2009/4/1~4/30 Miss Maru 品牌週年慶特惠！

2009-03-31T21:55:00.004+08:00

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Miss Maru©於2007年創立，2008年4月開始正式營運，這一年來Maru經歷了許許多多的第一次；第一次申請商標...生產自己的商品...賣出第一件商品...在創意市集銷售自己的作品...等等，一切都是從零開始。

到2009的4月，就是Miss Maru©滿一週年的日子，期許它在未來慢慢的茁壯。也謝謝大家這一年來的支持，Maru會繼續加油與改進商品，並努力將它推向更多領域與國際市場。

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