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黎明紅杉索拉立方體

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水杉最初被認為已經滅絕,僅存在於化石紀錄中,直到1941年在中國發現了活體標本。1939年,日本發現了一塊類似常綠紅杉的化石,由發現者三木茂博士命名為Metasequoia。1945年,其在中國的存在得到確認,因此被稱為「活化石」。此後,幼苗被帶到日本,如今水杉遍布全國。果實成熟變為棕色時會裂開,釋放出圓形帶翅的種子。

這反映了人類長久以來對時間的迷戀,可追溯至發現保存百萬年生命的古老琥珀。我們渴望凍結時間的瞬間,可能源於對自身存在更深層的好奇,或是想捕捉轉瞬即逝的美。

由京都的Usage No Nedoko所製作的Sola Cubes,體現了這種哲學。這些方塊融合了日本傳統對自然的敬畏以及對被忽略元素的欣賞。每個方塊封存著保存的葉片、種子或花朵,置於手工拋光的透明壓克力樹脂中,提供一窺自然之美的冥想視角——類似於Kuramata的「Miss Blanche」,但使用真實的有機材料。

Customer Reviews (4.5 / 5 · 2 reviews)

Joseph G. ★★★★★

I gave this to my brother who's obsessed with prehistoric life, and he immediately zeroed in on the dawn redwood story — that it was known only from fossils until a living one turned up in China in 1941. Wild that something thought extinct for millions of years is now sitting on his desk.

William G. ★★★★☆

The little fossil-resin block with the dawn redwood sprig inside is way prettier in person than in the photos, and the extinct-then-rediscovered story makes it a great desk piece. Only wish it came with a tiny card explaining that 1941 China discovery, since I had to look it up myself to tell my dad