求學時期曾待過美術和工藝學院，前者奠基人文識見和原創方法；後者培養在藝術理念和實踐方法上劍及履及。進入產業界磨練後，走著走著，卻發現實際詮釋和溝通方式，有許多細節其實更接近設計學院的專業。

雕塑在當代所涉及的範疇甚廣，小到珠寶設計；大到建築景觀等等，各種尺度和規模的造形。如果没有材料和技術上的框限，就造形研究的美學和趣旨而言，在概念上其實都是一樣的事。而或許，這也就是當代“智慧製造”所能放大、賦能雕塑創作者的時代助力。事實上，雕塑作為一門當代藝術的專業形式，在適應產業運作變化的同時，也逐漸從可見的形色美學價值，演化到兼容人本、社會的公共性；景觀、建築的空間整合，以及製造、商業營運的串流等跨學科的運作思維，彷若牽涉軟硬生態的多元整合。

回想起2015年，自中國美術學院畢業的時候，當時的雕塑系還在造形藝術學院裡。2017年後，雕塑系轄下的第5工作室獨立出來成為纖維藝術系（杭州有纖維藝術3年展），並與雕塑系及公共空間藝術系，合建為“雕塑與公共藝術學院”（原造形藝術學院已分拆）。隨後，廣州及湖北美院也建制相同的學院體系。

當代藝術往往會隨著產業環境的變化，而展現應對的風貌。特別是學院教育端的編制變化，可以見微知著當代產業狀態的演變實況。或許，智慧製造這門課題，也將像百年前的攝影術，同樣會帶給人們對於當代既定認知的反思及重新理解。

Looking back at my school days, I attended the School of Fine Arts and the School of Arts and Crafts. The former laid the foundation for humanistic insights and original methods; the latter cultivated proficiency in artistic concepts and practical methods. After entering the industry and practicing my artistic creation, I found that many details in the actual interpretation and communication were actually closer to the majors in the design school.

Sculpture covers a wide range of areas in contemporary times, ranging from jewelry design to large architectural landscapes, etc., with shapes of various sizes and scales. If there are no material and technical limitations, the aesthetics and interest of form are actually the same thing conceptually. And perhaps, this is the era’s help that contemporary “smart manufacturing” can amplify and empower sculpture creators. In fact, sculpture as a professional form of contemporary art, while adapting to changes in industrial operations, has gradually evolved from the visible aesthetic value of form and color to be compatible with humanistic and social publicity; the spatial integration of landscape and architecture, and Interdisciplinary operational thinking such as the streaming of manufacturing and business operations seems to involve the diverse integration of soft and hard ecologies.

Thinking back to 2015, when I graduated from the China Academy of Art, the sculpture department was still in the School of Plastic Arts. After 2017, Studio No. 5 under the Sculpture Department became independent and became the Fiber Art Department (Hangzhou held the Fiber Art Triennial Exhibition), and jointly established it with the Sculpture Department and the Public Space Art Department as the “School of Sculpture and Public Art” (The original School of Plastic Arts has been spun off). Subsequently, Guangzhou and Hubei colleges also established the same college system.

Contemporary art often responds to changes in the industrial environment. In particular, the changes in the establishment of the college’s education side can provide a glimpse of the evolution of the contemporary industrial status. Perhaps, the subject of smart manufacturing, like photography a hundred years ago, will also bring people to reflect on and re-understand the established contemporary cognition.