| The issue about material is the basic problem that designers should settle in the modern artistic designing.Designers must consider these following questions: How to choose the right material matched their designing? How to represent the notion of designing by the right material? How to promote the taste of art and enrich the art?Cup is a vessel, which is used for holding wine, water or tea. It belongs to consumer goods. From the ancient, people used many kinds of things to perform the basic functions of the cup during their lives: First, from their hands to leaves, bamboos and spills, which were got in nature; Then, animal bones and horns, finally, different kinds of vessels made. With the development of society, the shape and material of the cup are changing continuously.This paper begins with the origin and material of the cup, then introduce the manufacturing and developing process, through the analyses of the cup's textures, functions craft and culture , people can find the beauty of textures , functions, craft and culture, and figure out the way to transfer beauty. From the author's study, we can know that: The survival and multiplication of human are the most basic start in traditional demiurgic process. The way to use material is a way of demiurgic process, It based on material's characteristics and immanency. The precise and careful attitudes of designers are the basis to represent the beauty of materials sufficiently. These results deserve us to study and used for reference in the modern artistic designing. |