I’m doing furniture design now
Most of them wood
Made from scrap iron, old wood, river driftwood
The wooden basin was broken
Then I sawed it myself
Into a shape that my ass fits right in
This was a pot lid of the Lili people
I made it into a lamp
A huge wide trough that I collected
Was transformed into a couch, I like it a lot
Old wood, with years of settling
Become really stable
And moreover it has the traces of use left on it
Which feels so warm
Once, seven days after I had surgery on my left leg
I drove alone
For over 700 kilometers
To find wood in the mountains by the Nu River
There were pig trough, millstone, cattle plough and all kinds of things
Then I stood on the wood on crutches
And said that I’d have it all
Look at the chair
It’s just so international
The bamboo part is already broken
We can take it back and change it to something else
May be iron or wood
I just like them so much that I cannot control myself
I always overspend whenever I go on a wood hunt
Sometimes I have only a few dozen yuan left on me
I’d borrow from my mom and aunt to buy them
I used driftwood a lot in 2017
Driftwood is just so cute
A rounded chubby one
Pick it up as backrest
The largest driftwood I collected weighs about 1 ton
We needed a crane to lift it up
Old scrap iron is also warm
I like the texture and its rusty surface
It can be made into cabinet, booth and other things
If the whole piece has a nice texture
I’d make it a picture
Make some messy lines like paper folding 42 00:02:34,559 --> 00:02:36,399 Every time I go down to a scrap iron market
I’d spend my whole day there
I’d wait for the tractor I ordered
Watch them loaded one by one
Weigh, and then I’ll leave
Often a sister calls
And I run down to the scrap iron market right away
Cause if I don’t
They’d chop it up and ship it away
We live on the border in Yunnan
I went back to our home when I was three
And lived with my grandparents
I chopped wood in the mountains
Collected wild fruits
We have a lot of old wood in Yunnan
If you don’t make something out of it
It would become firewood
It’s really a pity
I work 365 days a year
Most of the time I don’t feel tired
It seems that I only do things I care about
People from all over the country give me suggestions
I don’t think I have a particular style
What I do is combining something in Yunnan
Into my dream space
It’s not necessary to make tons of money
Or live a luxurious life
Instead, love, freedom, warmth is important to me
Life is yours, all that matters is that you feel comfortable