Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is a classic folk love story. Zhu Yingtai was born in an age when women could not go to school. She dressed as a man to study away from home, and there she and her fellow student Liang Shanbo became true companions. After she returned, her family held her to a marriage arranged long before. When Liang Shanbo heard of it, grief took him and he died. On the day of the wedding, Zhu Yingtai stopped at his grave. The earth split open, and she leapt in. In the end the two turned into a pair of butterflies, flying side by side, together at last.《梁山伯與祝英台》是經典的民間愛情故事。祝英台生在女子無法入學的年代，只能女扮男裝外出求學，並與同窗梁山伯結為知己。返家後她被要求履行早已安排的婚約，梁山伯得知後鬱鬱而終。出嫁當天，祝英台在梁山伯墓前停下，墓穴忽然裂開，她隨即躍入其中。最後兩人化成一對雙飛蝶，終得相守。
Industrial Design · Lost-wax cast · 2012工業設計 · 脫蠟鑄造 · 2012
Finished piece完成品
Liang-Zhu Jewelry 梁祝梁祝
The story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai told through three pieces of jewelry you can wear: a ring for the meeting, a hairpin for the longing, a brooch for the reunion.以《梁山伯與祝英台》的故事為敘事主軸，將相遇、相思與重逢化為戒指、髮簪與胸針三件可佩戴的首飾。
My role角色
Form development, wax carving, lost-wax casting and metalwork.造型發想、蠟雕、脫蠟鑄造與金屬工藝。
Methods方法
Carved wax models, then used lost-wax casting, metalwork, and stone setting.從蠟雕起手，再經脫蠟鑄造、金屬加工與珠寶鑲嵌。
Outcome結果
Three finished pieces that tell the story in three acts.完成三件實體首飾，三幕依序串成完整敘事。
01 · The Legend01 · 傳說
A love story a thousand years in the telling一個流傳千年的愛情故事
02 · Three Acts02 · 三幕
Three pieces, three parts of the story三件作品，三段故事
I divided the story into meeting, longing, and reunion, expressed through a ring, a hairpin, and a brooch. Where each piece is worn matters to the story as much as its form.我把故事分為相遇、相思與重逢三幕，分別放進戒指、髮簪與胸針。除了造型，首飾佩戴的位置也參與敘事。
The meeting, in a ring.
It stands for the years the two of them studied side by side. The form opens outward from a center, tracing a bond just taking root, and the first stretch of time spent in each other’s company.相遇（戒指）
象徵兩人同窗求學的時光，以環繞中心展開的造型勾勒出關係萌芽、彼此相伴的初識階段。
Longing, as a hairpin.
Half hidden in the hair, the piece occupies a more private place on the body. I chose it to suggest the longing the two lovers carry quietly after parting.相思（髮簪）
髮簪隱於髮絲之間，若隱若現。我刻意選擇這種較為私密的佩戴位置，隱喻兩人分別後深藏於心底的思念。
The reunion, in a brooch.
It stands for the final turn into butterflies. Two butterflies overlap, and where they cross they become one body, an ending whole enough to say: you within me, and I within you.重逢（胸針）
象徵最終的化蝶。兩隻蝴蝶在交疊處融為一體，詮釋「你中有我，我中有你」的圓滿結局。
03 · Wax03 · 蠟雕
Before the casting, a prototype in wax在鑄造前，是蠟的原型
All three began as wax cut by hand, the outline of a feeling worked out slowly. Those prototypes vanish in the heat of the casting. They trade their own disappearance for permanence in metal.三件作品皆由手工雕刻蠟起步，慢慢鑿出情感的輪廓。這些傾注心力的原型，會在脫蠟鑄造的高溫中靜靜蒸發，以自身的消逝換取金屬的永恆。
04 · Dimensions04 · 尺寸
The engineering drawing工程圖
Dimensioned drawings of the three pieces, in millimeters.工程圖以公釐標示三件首飾的尺寸。
