Introduction概念簡述

Fixing minerals with minerals

用礦物質修復礦物質

Mineralloop is a collection of homeware made with discarded materials and second-hand objects from The Hague, the Netherlands. Many products that remain unsold in second-hand shops eventually end up in incinerators. In response, the project gives new life to existing glassware and ceramics by developing new coatings from locally sourced waste minerals.

But what should be designed for a world of plenty? As natural resources become increasingly depleted, Mineralloop explores alternative approaches to production by working with what already exists. Through repair and material recomposition, the project reconsiders how discarded objects and residual minerals can become resources for making, proposing a more local and circular approach to production. 工業製程所產生的礦物副產物，是否能重新成為修補既有物件的材料？ Mineralloop / 礦物循環是一系列使用荷蘭海牙當地的剩餘材料與二手物件製作的家居用品。許多二手商店中未能售出的商品，最終仍會被送往焚化處理。因此，這項研究從既有的玻璃與陶瓷物件出發，運用海牙當地產生的礦物副產物開發新的礦物塗覆材料，讓原本可能被丟棄的物件得以重新利用。面對天然資源逐漸耗竭的現況，Mineralloop 嘗試從已經存在的材料與物件中尋找新的可能。透過修補與材料的重新組合，這項研究重新思考物件的製造與再造方式，探索更貼近當代處境的地方性循環製造模式。

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Process發展過程

Circular Craft

創新工藝

Based on the research of Neo Stone Age, Erco Lai developed a new technique repairing broken glassware or ceramic with “Neostone”. From this new “kintsugi” craft, it gives those unwanted homewares a mineral coating. Erco Lai covered broken/imperfect glassware with "Neostone" developed using discarded lime pellet, powder of limestone from quarries or sand from construction sites, also known as geo-polymer, this material doesn’t require firing and adds a new touch and feeling to the object. 延續Neo Stone Age / 新石紀的研究，此系列進一步探索如何運用新礦物 (Neostone)，修補破損或具有瑕疵的玻璃與陶瓷物件，其是一種透過地質聚合技術（Geopolymerization）開發的實驗性礦物材料。此技術能使用廢棄石灰顆粒、採石場的石灰岩粉末，以及建築工地的砂等礦物資源製成，無須經過高溫窯燒，便能作為覆層施作於物件表面。這項工藝借鑑日本金繼（Kintsugi）的修補精神，不僅修復既有物件，也透過新的礦物表面、紋理與觸感，賦予它們不同的樣貌。

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