A Study On The Beauty Of Art And The Beauty Of Craft Of Metalware

In most occasions, people call the products made of metal as "metalware", which we define as "metal craftwork" as a type of art. There are mainly two reasons for this. First, the specialty of the metal. Second, the quality of completed products exerts profound effects on the artistic values, which indicates the important position of the craftwork. Nevertheless, the name of "metal craftwork" easily arouses misunderstanding because it over-stresses the importance of crafting technology but ignores the spiritual connotation of the work itself. In fact, with crafting technology and other realistic material factors, the creation thoughts and art notions that artists deliver are the real charm of "metal craftwork". "The beauty of craft" and "The beauty of art" are two different perspectives of one entirety. They attract and repel each other. "Craftwork" serves as the material guarantee for artists to express art, and realizes art assumptions with certain approaches. In realistic creation, it also restricts artists’ work. Despite this, it is also the basis for the realization of artworks with different styles. In this sense, art creation should rely on the crafting technology and conduct processing pertinent to the materials and craft. On the other hand, the exquisite and perfect processing requires unique art design. Only by applying appropriate and skillful crafting technology can it transform artists’ art notions to realistic works, present the works in front of the public and bring wonderful visual appreciation for the audience. No matter for the artists who devote to art creation or masters who engage in processing technology, they should conduct creation from the perspectives of art and craft. Only in this way can classical works be created and can the metal art develop robustly.