Traces of Use: Places Touched by Hand Shine Brightest

A group of surfaces altered by long-term use. A wooden door frame, where the color at human gripping height is noticeably darker and polished to a sheen, while the rest remains matte; a low table's surface, where the central area frequently used for placing objects is worn smooth and shiny, while the edges retain their original roughness; a stone step's tread, where the center is worn into a shallow depression, a few millimeters lower than the sides; the rim of a ceramic cup, where the part touched by lips is smoother than other parts. These changes are gradual, precisely located, and indicate human behavior in the space. They cannot be manufactured, only accumulated. Light comes from the side, making the differences in sheen visible. Avoid: using artificially aged uniform treatments, making wear distribution random, depicting objects as brand new, depicting marks as damage.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組被長期使用而改變的表面。一根木質的門框,在人抓握的高度顏色明顯變深並磨出光澤,其餘部分仍是霧面的;一張矮几的桌面,中央常放東西的區域被磨得平滑發亮,邊緣仍保留原本的粗糙;一塊石階的踏面,中央被踩出淺淺的凹陷,比兩側低了幾公釐;一只陶杯的口沿,嘴唇接觸的位置比其他部分光滑。這些變化都是漸進的、有明確位置的,標示出人在空間中的行為。它們無法被製造,只能被累積。光從側面來,讓光澤的差異可見。避免:使用人工做舊的均勻處理、讓磨損的分佈隨機、把物件畫成全新、把痕跡畫得像損壞。