Orin Cultural Studio Introduction
Sha Guihua moved to Jin Feng Township, Taitung at the age of 10 with her family. From a young age, she learned traditional skills such as weaving, embroidery, and sewing from her family elders. Due to her parents' different ethnic backgrounds and social class differences, Ms. Sha (Sha Guihua) is knowledgeable about both the Paiwan and Rukai cultures. Initially, she was guided by teachers Li Yongming, Wang Rongming, and Wang Yuxin during her pottery period. She also participated in a bamboo weaving class at the Craft Research Institute but never left pottery. In her early production, she used the traditional "coil method" to make pottery jars, which differs significantly from the modern pottery production method of wheel throwing and cannot compare in speed. However, she still enjoys expressing herself through the "coil method," as it is what she is accustomed to. Compared to modern pottery, traditional pottery jars hold much greater significance. She was selected for the Indigenous Craft Award in 2001 for her innovative pottery jar works and won second place in the first Indigenous Pottery Award of China Motor in 2002. She has also served multiple times as a pottery lecturer for the short-term classes offered by the Taitung Indigenous Development Association, becoming an excellent talent cultivated in the community’s pottery revival process.
