Development of Hair Art Products with Patterns of Animal and Plant using Waste Hair and Epoxy Resin

Abstract

In the modern society, a variety of designs have been developed in the process of reevaluation for traditional and modern cultures. In particular, Korean traditional patterns inspire to the artists and they are used as multiple materials of creative styles. Therefore in this study, designs of hair art items were developed using hair wastes and epoxy with the motives of peacock and dragon in animals and apricot blossom and pine tree in plants, upon studying the shapes and symbols of patterns by concepts and symbolic meanings of traditional patterns, theoretical and conceptual reviews of epoxy resin and hair art. Hence, the developmental potential of hair art using traditional patterns was found in this study and it is considered to approach the general consumers closely with the momentum of new design development.