From Representation To Constructive Thinking

The meaning of "weaving" in broad sense contains tying, weaving, textile, fiber art and any other physical form and construction way that embodies the weaving thinking. In other words, any construction way that can create a the linear texture form belongs to the category of "weaving". As one of the earliest skills in human civilization history, the traditional hand weaving skill contacts closely to the daily life. Such as baskets、clothing、tapestry and so on almost always provide utility and spiritual enjoyment for the human life. However, people in the habit of the existence of these woven objects always tend to ignore the weaving construction thinking in the weaving art developing process. Actually, just the thinking of construction during the process brought the guidance of scientific theory and the aesthetic feeling of the spiritual life for the development of human civilization.Based on the original woven form which originated from the starting of human civilization and sorting out the performing process of its artistic form throughout the long course of history, it is not difficult to find that woven art performing process is from the rough woven objects which only in purpose of use to new form of art which embodies a higher artistic value and profound spiritual character. In the meantime, the process not only contains the breakthrough progress that human has obtained from the weaving skills, but also reflects the unique aesthetic pursuit from the spiritual demand. Therefore, many other design and production industries in modern society still keep on carving to create new forms by learning the basic thinking of weaving, and make essential development on the technology and art. Thus, by artistic training of weaving and different types of designing practice, weaving broadens its “new weaving art form” in fiber art、architectural art and other design and application industries.According to the existing literature、documents and archaeological remains, it can be inferred that weaving skill is one of the most important invention in the initial stage of human civilization, so it will help to analyze weaving art’s developing process by tracing back to the birth of hand weaving in prehistoric times; In addition, to analyze the human hand weaving sources and the basic operation principle from the "animal weaving "phenomenon in nature, can clearly show the technical features of the primitive woven form; The historical process from the European medieval tapestry to the modern fiber art in twentieth Century shows that the birth of modern fiber art is an essential breakthrough of weaving art’s concept,the aesthetic features of texture structure、sense of touch and material quality show that fiber art has very rich aesthetic connotation as a kind of new weaving art form; Abstracting the weaving concept、analyzing its construction way and aesthetic characteristics from perspective of weaving language played a profound enlightenment effect to the technical guidance and aesthetic creation for the social design and production industries.Return to weaving construction law itself, analyzing weaving’s structural features and aesthetic performance as a special linear artistic form、tracing back to the source of weaving aesthetic feeling will enable us to understand the extension of " dynamic construction" and "order". The direct source of aesthetic feeling is the linear texture on the weaving object’s surface, such texture brings the aesthetic feeling of harmonious unity and rhythm by the linear material’s “repeated” and”ordered” weaving construction.