This work combined the natural shape, texture, and weathering of the stone itself with the author’s artificial carving and cutting of the geometrical environment. The staircase has a dynamic up...
This work combined the natural shape, texture, and weathering of the stone itself with the author’s artificial carving and cutting of the geometrical environment. The staircase has a dynamic up and down direction, similar to a waterfall in Chinese landscape paintings; the square space resembles a cave deep down the forest. cave. These geometric creations and the natural features of the stones, nature and man-made, geometric rules and naturality, strengthen each other. This reveal one of the characteristics of Chinese sculpture-the harmony between man and nature; it also reflect Chinese hobby of collecting strange stones and woods because the beauty of nature is beyond others. In addition, going up the stairs in the shape will give viewers the feeling of hiking in the wilderness.
“Scenery” applies rock materials as basis and keep the original cracks on the rocks. Although there is no figurative “Mountain” and “Water” in this piece, the stairs represent the image of space and create a natural landscape. The cracks guide audiences to imagine the natural space through the texture and shape of rock.