Artist invents ‘One Wire Folding,’ a new way to sculpt wire

2023-11-06

An artist in Miaoli has invented a new way to sculpt with metal wire. Chuo Wen-chia calls his innovative craft “One Wire Folding,” because each piece of art is made with a single wire. He creates all different kinds of animal sculptures, with the method he believes may be unique. The Zhuolan Township resident talked to us about his lifelong love of art, and how he keeps his creativity alive while handling the family business.

These different kinds of fish have all been twisted into shape from metal wire.

Chuo Wen-chia
Metalworking artist
You can twist it into a 3D shape. It doesn’t take more than NT$50 of materials.

Chuo Wen-chia, 60, uses a pair of pliers to mold the wire into shape, with no welding required. It’s all one length of wire from head to tail. He christened the craft “One Wire Folding.”

Chuo Wen-chia
Metalworking artist
Firstly, hardly anyone does this. What you see online is mostly copper and aluminum wire. Metal wire things usually use welding or cable ties, as I just said. Very few people do it all in one piece, as in “One Wire Folding.”

Chuo’s method works as well for 3D creations are 2D. He has always been interested in art, and previously worked as the creative director for an advertising company. In 1996, he moved back to his old hometown, Zhuolan Township in Miaoli, to take on his dad’s hardware store. In his spare time, he started making things with the materials lying around at home, and eventually, the art of “One Wire Folding” was born.

Chuo Wen-chia
Metalworking artist
Firstly, you have to have joys in life, so long as they don’t hurt you. Why? Because it will go with you throughout life. So I realized that I always liked artistic stuff, in middle and high school, and it’s continued up to the present day.

Apart from his metal wire art, Chuo also gets creative with plastic bottles and a palette knife, carving out these beautiful scenes. Although taking on the family store was not his original plan, now that it’s his decision, he’s determined to do it as well as he can, while keeping the flame of his art alive. What’s next on the horizon? Well, watch out for a class in “One Wire Folding” someday soon.

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五金二代自創"一線摺" 白鐵絲獨創技藝

2023-11-06

苗栗卓蘭鎮鎮民卓文嘉，接手父親的手五金行後，沒忘記自己愛好的興趣，自創“一線摺”，不用焊接，只要透過尖嘴鉗就能用一條白鐵絲，摺出鳥獸魚類等各式生物，相當特殊的創作技藝。

桌上幾種不同的魚，很難想像是用一條白鐵絲摺出來的。

[[卓蘭鎮民卓文嘉]]
“可以摺一支立體的形狀，大概耗材費用不會超過50塊。”

60歲的卓文嘉用一把尖嘴鉗，將白鐵絲摺出形狀，過程中沒有任何焊接，從頭到尾就是一根鐵絲，這項工藝技術，自己取名“一線摺”。

[[卓蘭鎮民卓文嘉]]
“第一個很少有人做這樣的東西，你網路上大概看就銅線跟鋁線，那鐵絲部分最主要是焊接，或者是剛才講用紮捆方式，很少人用一筆化的方式，就是一線摺。”

卓文嘉摺的不只是2D形狀，3D也難不倒他。從小他就對美術有興趣，曾在廣告公司擔任美術創意的工作，1996年回老家卓蘭，接手父親五金行，在工作之餘，他發現能利用家裡的資源來創作自己的興趣，一線摺的創意就此而生。

[[卓蘭鎮民卓文嘉]]
“第一個，人生一定要有喜好，然後這喜好不要傷身體就可以，為什麼？因為它陪你一輩子，那我發覺，我初中高中所喜歡屬於美術上的東西，一直延續到現在。”

除了自創的“一線摺”外，他也透過美工刀在保特瓶上創作，把美景刻畫上去。他說繼承家業本來不在他的人生規劃中，但既然接了，就把它做好，原來的興趣也沒放棄。現在他還有了教學念頭，要將獨創的技藝傳承下去。

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