Dam silt revitalizes Yingge's ceramic industry

Silt has always been a problem faced by reservoirs in Taiwan. Due to the high dredging costs, the problem of silt build-up is difficult to solve, which seriously endangers the life of reservoirs. Lin Jin-de(林金德) is the founder of Dam Mud Pottery(庫泥燒), which converts dam silt into useful ceramic items. The initiative has the potential to solve the environmental issue of silt build-up in reservoirs and is also promoting the transformation and development of the local industry in Yingge.

In addition to ordinary ceramic ware, dam mud can produce a diverse range of other products. Lin Jin-de is the founder of Hong Ying Tao creative development center, which has partnered with industry and universities to conduct one-day workshops to teach the public about using dam mud as a raw material in pottery. Hong Ying Tao hopes to develop more cultural and creative industries through the use of this dam mud.

Although Yingge has a long and rich history of ceramics, due to industrial progress, Taiwan has switched to automatization, and the city faces the problem of industrial decline. The discovery of dam mud provides an opportunity for industrial transformation and a new path for ceramics in Yingge.

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水庫淤泥燒陶瓷 復興鶯歌特色產業

淤泥一直都是台灣水庫所面臨的問題，因為清理成本過高，淤泥無法解決，嚴重危害了水庫的壽命。庫泥燒創辦人林金德將這些淤泥轉換為有用的陶瓷原料，不但可以解決水庫淤泥這項環保議題，更能夠帶動鶯歌當地的產業轉型與發展。

除了一般的陶製品，水庫淤泥也能夠有很高的多樣性，林金德創立了「弘鶯陶」創意執行發展中心，透過一日教學、產學合作及成立小組，極力推廣大眾都能夠使用水庫淤泥作為原料，來開發更多的文創產業。

即使鶯歌陶瓷擁有多年的豐富歷史，但因為工業的進步，台灣紛紛改用自動化技術而面臨到產業衰敗的問題，庫泥燒這個發明成功開啟了產業轉型，為鶯歌陶瓷開闢一條新的道路。