Scissor Hands Chen Zai-fa Making Toys from Straws

Scissor Hands Chen Zai-fa   Making Toys from Straws (by shunewsweek, Taipei CJ)
   
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Street performer Chen Za-fa uses straws to make all kinds of weird and wonderful sculptures and environmentally friendly toys.   In the daytime he travels all over teaching adults and children the art of how to make eco-toys, and in the evening has a stall in Danshui selling his artwork and passing on the skills of scissor sculpting to passers-by. He has students of all ages, from young ten year old kids to elderly folk in their nineties.  He hopes children can learn whilst having fun, and has found that elderly people’s creativity is in no way inferior to young people.  Chen Zai-fa said he hopes to use these seemingly unattractive eco-toys to spread the spirit of love and care for the environment.

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