The Songshan-Hanrong African Art Collection Museum recently opened its doors to the public in Changchun City,northeast China’s Jilin Province.The museum boasts Makonde art from East Africa,with 12,000 pieces of exqui...The Songshan-Hanrong African Art Collection Museum recently opened its doors to the public in Changchun City,northeast China’s Jilin Province.The museum boasts Makonde art from East Africa,with 12,000 pieces of exquisite African wood carvings and paintings donated by Li Songshan and his wife Han Rong on display.Li internationally is a significant collector of Makonde art.He shares his story with ChinAfrica.展开更多
In product concept design, not only designers with professional CAD skills, but also final customers take part in the design and evaluation of product shape styling. Because customers usually lack surface modelling ba...In product concept design, not only designers with professional CAD skills, but also final customers take part in the design and evaluation of product shape styling. Because customers usually lack surface modelling background and are not familiar with concrete operations of commercial CAD systems, it is difficult for them to express their change intentions of product shape through professional CAD tools if they are not satisfied with the current shape design. This paper puts forward a method for creating, dragging and manipulating constraint and load represented in form of icon entity in interactive sculpting of product shape in virtual environment. The method supports customers manipulation of sculpting constraints or loads on sculpting shapes in virtual reality interaction to control the deformation of product shape. Constraints management based on icon entity is similar to spline lofting operation that is familiar to engineers, so users do not need to know surface details or have any professional knowledge of surface modelling, by only using their physical and engineering experience, they can manipulate the sculpting of product shape intuitively.展开更多
CARVED lacquerware is a unique Chinese handicraft made by applying many layers of natural lacquer on bases of various shapes and then carving designs on the layers of lacquer with different types of knives. Different ...CARVED lacquerware is a unique Chinese handicraft made by applying many layers of natural lacquer on bases of various shapes and then carving designs on the layers of lacquer with different types of knives. Different from other decorative lacquerware, the coating of carved lacquer has dozens or even hundreds of layers. For some large items, the process of lacquering alone is time consuming and often takes months or even a year to finish, that is why this craft is often called sculpting with time.展开更多
The purpose of this work has been to carry out a didactic exhibit at the Botanical Museum of the Department of Life and Environment of the University of Cagliari devoted to vegetal endemic or threatened species presen...The purpose of this work has been to carry out a didactic exhibit at the Botanical Museum of the Department of Life and Environment of the University of Cagliari devoted to vegetal endemic or threatened species present at the Mediterranean Basin. The Ceroplastics （wax sculpting） plays a very important role in this project. Species that have become rare or are somehow threatened in the natural environment and have fortunately been preserved ＂ex situ＂ at the Botanical Garden of Cagliari are reproduced as wax models. Models are made by cutting and shaping wax sheets over the flame of an alcohol lamp. Each model has been created by copying a real specimen cultivated at the Botanical Garden and as a ＂unique piece＂ without using preparatory moulds. The result has been to have at our disposal a collection of very realistic models and magnified particulars as for example the pollen grains. The accuracy of the representation gives visitors the chance to know the considered species by means of the models. In order to preserve the natural heritage it is of the utmost importance that divulgation and information be made available to everyone. The Botanical Museum of the University of Cagliari rediscovers the noble art of wax sculpting, which has been strongly linked to the spreading of scientific knowledge since the XVII century and nowadays it may contribute to raise the citizens＇ awareness of the most common environmental issues.展开更多
Exercise is an essential contributor to both physical and mental health and is a significant part of a person’s overall lifestyle.With the increasing popularity of exercise trackers,researchers were interested in the...Exercise is an essential contributor to both physical and mental health and is a significant part of a person’s overall lifestyle.With the increasing popularity of exercise trackers,researchers were interested in the effects of sham exercise trackers on perceptions of workouts and affect.Researchers predicted participants wearing a sham Fitbit band would report greater perceptions of workout intensity,challenge,and satisfaction compared to those without sham Fitbit bands.In addition,those wearing sham Fitbit bands were predicted to report greater positive affect and lower negative affect than those without bands.One hundred twenty student participants(60 in each group;one group with a sham Fitbit and one group with no Fitbit)were recruited from campus workout classes of Zumba,spinning,and body sculpting.Participants worked out and completed a PANAS survey,plus other workout perception questions.When using a sham Fitbit,participants believed the workout was more intense,physically challenging,and they were more satisfied with their workout.However,presence of a sham Fitbit band did not significantly affect mood.Results suggest that knowledge of wearing an exercise tracker,even without any workout data feedback,has an effect on workout perceptions,but has little effect on mood.展开更多
Along with the rich material life, the change of the diet structure, people＇s shape also began to change.With performance m females is the body fat＇s increasing, the shape is not beautiful, therefore, body sculpting...Along with the rich material life, the change of the diet structure, people＇s shape also began to change.With performance m females is the body fat＇s increasing, the shape is not beautiful, therefore, body sculpting underwear has become the first choice for women to pursue beauty.To the requirement of sculpting body underwear is also becoming higher and higher for women.Comfortable and fashion is the sign of measuring a sculpting body underwear quality. This paper introduces the development history of sculpting body underwear, sculpting body underwear comfort evaluation index.And from the three aspects of the human body, clothing, environment do research to sculpting body underwear about the influence factors of wearing comfort.lt provides the certain reference value for consumers to purchase the sculpting body underwear and for enterprise to product sculpting body underwear.展开更多
文摘The Songshan-Hanrong African Art Collection Museum recently opened its doors to the public in Changchun City,northeast China’s Jilin Province.The museum boasts Makonde art from East Africa,with 12,000 pieces of exquisite African wood carvings and paintings donated by Li Songshan and his wife Han Rong on display.Li internationally is a significant collector of Makonde art.He shares his story with ChinAfrica.
基金Project supported by the National Basic Research (973) Program (Nos. 2004CB719402 and 2002CB312106) of China, and the National Natural Science Foundation (Nos. 50305033 and 60375020) of China
文摘In product concept design, not only designers with professional CAD skills, but also final customers take part in the design and evaluation of product shape styling. Because customers usually lack surface modelling background and are not familiar with concrete operations of commercial CAD systems, it is difficult for them to express their change intentions of product shape through professional CAD tools if they are not satisfied with the current shape design. This paper puts forward a method for creating, dragging and manipulating constraint and load represented in form of icon entity in interactive sculpting of product shape in virtual environment. The method supports customers manipulation of sculpting constraints or loads on sculpting shapes in virtual reality interaction to control the deformation of product shape. Constraints management based on icon entity is similar to spline lofting operation that is familiar to engineers, so users do not need to know surface details or have any professional knowledge of surface modelling, by only using their physical and engineering experience, they can manipulate the sculpting of product shape intuitively.
文摘CARVED lacquerware is a unique Chinese handicraft made by applying many layers of natural lacquer on bases of various shapes and then carving designs on the layers of lacquer with different types of knives. Different from other decorative lacquerware, the coating of carved lacquer has dozens or even hundreds of layers. For some large items, the process of lacquering alone is time consuming and often takes months or even a year to finish, that is why this craft is often called sculpting with time.
文摘The purpose of this work has been to carry out a didactic exhibit at the Botanical Museum of the Department of Life and Environment of the University of Cagliari devoted to vegetal endemic or threatened species present at the Mediterranean Basin. The Ceroplastics （wax sculpting） plays a very important role in this project. Species that have become rare or are somehow threatened in the natural environment and have fortunately been preserved ＂ex situ＂ at the Botanical Garden of Cagliari are reproduced as wax models. Models are made by cutting and shaping wax sheets over the flame of an alcohol lamp. Each model has been created by copying a real specimen cultivated at the Botanical Garden and as a ＂unique piece＂ without using preparatory moulds. The result has been to have at our disposal a collection of very realistic models and magnified particulars as for example the pollen grains. The accuracy of the representation gives visitors the chance to know the considered species by means of the models. In order to preserve the natural heritage it is of the utmost importance that divulgation and information be made available to everyone. The Botanical Museum of the University of Cagliari rediscovers the noble art of wax sculpting, which has been strongly linked to the spreading of scientific knowledge since the XVII century and nowadays it may contribute to raise the citizens＇ awareness of the most common environmental issues.
文摘Exercise is an essential contributor to both physical and mental health and is a significant part of a person’s overall lifestyle.With the increasing popularity of exercise trackers,researchers were interested in the effects of sham exercise trackers on perceptions of workouts and affect.Researchers predicted participants wearing a sham Fitbit band would report greater perceptions of workout intensity,challenge,and satisfaction compared to those without sham Fitbit bands.In addition,those wearing sham Fitbit bands were predicted to report greater positive affect and lower negative affect than those without bands.One hundred twenty student participants(60 in each group;one group with a sham Fitbit and one group with no Fitbit)were recruited from campus workout classes of Zumba,spinning,and body sculpting.Participants worked out and completed a PANAS survey,plus other workout perception questions.When using a sham Fitbit,participants believed the workout was more intense,physically challenging,and they were more satisfied with their workout.However,presence of a sham Fitbit band did not significantly affect mood.Results suggest that knowledge of wearing an exercise tracker,even without any workout data feedback,has an effect on workout perceptions,but has little effect on mood.
文摘Along with the rich material life, the change of the diet structure, people＇s shape also began to change.With performance m females is the body fat＇s increasing, the shape is not beautiful, therefore, body sculpting underwear has become the first choice for women to pursue beauty.To the requirement of sculpting body underwear is also becoming higher and higher for women.Comfortable and fashion is the sign of measuring a sculpting body underwear quality. This paper introduces the development history of sculpting body underwear, sculpting body underwear comfort evaluation index.And from the three aspects of the human body, clothing, environment do research to sculpting body underwear about the influence factors of wearing comfort.lt provides the certain reference value for consumers to purchase the sculpting body underwear and for enterprise to product sculpting body underwear.
