Exploring and Understanding the Language Art of Stone Sculpture

In the field of plastic arts, each art has its own strengths and limitations. How stone carving workers can effectively master the Stone Carving language in order to play its unique role is a top priority related to the development of stone carving art. Stone carving art itself is an art that speaks by itself. The volume of stone sculpture and the outline seen from all aspects give people a direct feeling and arouse people's associations. This is the so-called sense of stone carving. In the selection and shaping of stone sculpture, the content should be single, the image should be concise and clear, and a lot of plot content should not be put in one stone carving.

The value of a stone carving work depends not only on its rich content, but also on the author's superb artistic techniques and his ingenious use of materials. These three are indispensable, and the last two points are important factors that determine whether the art is touching or not, and the style is high or low. When we determine the material and production method of a stone carving work, we must first consider the characteristics of the material, so that the material can help express the content of the work. Granite, for example, can be used for clean, monolithic, powerful pieces.
Marble is suitable for works with perfect shapes and delicate depictions; cast copper can completely retain the interest of clay sculpture; if it is Wood Carving, you can use the natural interest of wood grain to make ornamental works with simple shapes and smooth lines; Glaze is not glazed, and the form is also very different. Since stone carving is an art expressed through volume, it is necessary to notice the difference in volume, thickness, weight, and radius; appropriate use of the feeling caused by volume will definitely help the expression of artistic images. The body feels thick.
The angular cube, even though it is heavy on its own, feels thin when viewed from the front. If the edges and corners are rounded off and there is an extra face, the feeling will be much thicker. For the volume of the same shape, if it is hollowed out or not hollowed out, it will create two completely different senses of weight. In contemporary Western abstract sculpture, some stone sculptors strive to create a certain feeling in volume to attract the audience, coupled with the author's ingenious use of materials, a new artistic style is created. Moore's sculptures show his own characteristics in this respect, we might as well learn from them critically.
For many years, we have not paid enough attention and research to the characteristics of the language of stone carving art. Many works express objects in a general way, or only stay on the natural simulation. It can neither effectively use materials nor pay attention to various forms of artistic processing. It is difficult to reach a higher level for works made with this creative method that violates the laws of stone carving art.
The achievement of my country's ancient stone carving lies in its effective use of the artistic language of stone carving, which has become one of the two pillars of oriental art and won a world reputation. It is extremely important to study and study the achievements of Eastern and Western stone carving art in the use of stone carving language to improve our stone carving art level.