But recently Taitung artist Ao Cheng-ch'i has been collecting disposable chopsticks, trimming, gluing and coloring them to make "chopstick paintings" which he has exhibited in Taipei and on the mainland, ushering the chopstick into a totally new realm, as art. If only they knew, how all those chopsticks of the past would glow with a sense of achievement!
頗有為筷子的寂寞生涯打抱不平的意味。不過近年台灣一位住在台東的敖正奇，將免洗筷加以收集、清洗、修剪、黏貼、上色作成「筷子畫」，曾在台北及大陸展覽，帶領筷子進入「跨行」事業，古今「筷輩」若有知，定當有另一番「成就感」了！