The Creative Research About Contemporary Sculpture Based On Fiber Materials

Based on the understanding of the development of fiber art and fiber soft sculpture at home and abroad, it’s concluded that soft sculpture materials have some superior characteristics compared to traditional hard materials:rich colors and expression forms; changeable skin texture and craft techniques; unique visual effects and psychological experience; the fiber material itself has got special language features such as full of’ the milk of human kindness’ and the popularization and life of art; it carries information which reflects the relationship between man and man, man and society and man and nature, thus it’s no longer only a kind of material and an existing form but reproduction of art, which is the metaphor on the social ecology and the bearer of the contemporary human thought; fiber materials with utility functions of noise reduction and vibration reduction, damp-proof and warmth—keeping and light partition in large-scale public spaces and with the "intimity" of material language can relieve people’s tension. Because of its soft and delicate texture, rich and varied colors,exquisite weaving, winding process which meets feminine soft curves, varied character and rich psychological expression, fiber soft sculpture enriches the forms of expression and means of expression of the traditional sculpture."Universality" of the material and making by hand make the fiber soft sculpture closer to popular art, and promise it a broad and long-run development.Through the creative research on fiber materials, we can find that fiber art has changed from practical-oriented fuction to the external presentation of cultural charm and contemporary sculpture pays attention on personal feeling and understanding of the material; Personal feelings on the material reflects creators’character; The favorite and selection of the material reflects the author’s inherent temperament and mental state.