Fiber. Seed Flower Art Installation

Fiber is the clue left by plants; the seed is the starting point nurtured by time; the flower is the form in which life blooms.

"Fiber, Seed Flower" is a newly installed fiber art piece at the Taichung Fiber Art Museum, created by fiber artist Chen Shu-yen (陳淑燕). Centered on natural fibers and plant imagery, it uses the vocabulary of weaving to transform the life cycle of fiber into a continuously growing spatial landscape.

The work uses a bamboo structure as its skeleton, employing plant fibers woven into a form that extends outward like a germinating seed, resembling a blooming flower and also a seed containing energy, suspended between sprouting and full bloom. Fiber is no longer just a material but an existence with a life rhythm, displaying the breath of nature amidst the flow of air, light, and wind.

The artist has long focused on the relationship between plant fibers and the land. Through the process of hand-weaving, she responds to the meaning of natural cycles and the accumulation of time. The act of weaving, like planting and nurturing, makes the work a life form co-created by humans and nature.

"Fiber, Seed Flower" is also a work that coexists with its environment. Situated in an outdoor space, it presents diverse appearances with the changing seasons, shifting light and shadow, and the varying perspectives of viewers as they walk around. The audience can walk through it, experience the space formed by the fibers, and reconsider the subtle yet profound connections between humans and nature, materials and life.

Starting from fiber, undergoing the gestation of a seed, and finally becoming the form of a flower, this work not only presents the possibilities of fiber art but also symbolizes the ongoing process of creation and life's continuous growth, quietly blooming within the museum grounds.

Time: 2026/2/1~2027/12/31