作者：鄭中和與呂嘉萍
國籍：台灣
作品名稱：滴水不漏
材料：竹子、天然纖維、麻繩及桐油
Artist’s Name: Chung-ho Cheng and Chia-ping Lu
Nationality: Taiwan
Title: Every Drop Counts
Materials: bamboo, vegetable fibers, tung oil, twine
創作理念：
台灣，是個雨量豐沛的地區，早期的農業社會裡，常有突來的午後陣雨，在鄉間嬉戲的孩子們，會隨手摘片大大的姑婆芋葉子遮在頭頂，奔跑回家；另外，是否曾見過繪本中青蛙蹲坐在荷葉下躲雨的畫面.......
樹葉，讓我們聯想到陽光和雨水。
全球暖化使氣候異常，台灣的雨季也正在縮短中，或許有一天，我們不再有雨可遮，反而需要用葉子來收集夜間的水氣，收集葉片上的露珠，收集那珍貴的點點滴滴，以維持生命。
我們的作品是設置許多巨型葉片收集濕氣。葉片以樹皮、落葉及自然植物纖維製成，表面加以「桐油」塗佈以達到防水效果 (如台灣傳統的手工油紙傘 )。而光滑的表面有助於水滴(滑)入集水中。
在關渡自然公園內設置這些「水分收集器」作品，是希望訪客能藉由看到水分被收集的不容易，進而思考水的重要性和全球性暖化的危機。
“ 珍惜每一滴 ＂的意念， 是這件作品的單純原點。
Statement:
Taiwan is in an area where there has always been abundant and copious rainfall. In Taiwan’s earlier days, children who played in the countryside could conveniently pick the “ Giant elephant's ear ” leaf to obstruct the rain and run home covering their heads with this leaf when an afternoon shower came. This kind of scene can readily be found in artist’s works or in drawings for children’s books in Taiwan. For us this leaf is associated with sunlight and raindrops.
Now global warming is causing Taiwan's rainy season to be reduced.
Perhaps one day, although we hope not, there will be no rain to block with this leaf. Instead we will need to use the leaf to collect the moisture of the night in order to have water to survive.
For our sculpture installation we plan to make many giant leaf forms to collect moisture. The leaves will be made with handmade paper created from vegetable fibers. We obtain the elements from nature and hope that our work can be accepted by nature. The natural materials become the surface of the leaf and are coated with “ tung oil ” paint to make it waterproof like the traditional oiled paper umbrellas. We will place these giant leaf creations along the paths at Guandu Nature Park to act as “ water catchers ” so that visitors can see vividly the amount of water collected and think about the importance of rainfall and the dangers of global warming.
“To treasure every drop” is the original simple idea of the work.
