Concerns for natural ecology inspired Zhang Wendi to create the art project "Mi". She uses sculpture as a medium and incorporates it with Chinese imagery aesthetics. Together, they form a flock of elegant, vivid flamingos wandering on a beach or in a wetland, creating a sense of natural harmony with the surrounding environment. The artist seeks to achieve an elaboration of nature and ecology from form to content. Zhang Wendi wants to break traditional sculpture boundaries and focus on innovative thinking and research of new materials and modeling language. Steel mesh is a lightweight and permeable material, and through the superposition method, it produces a hazy and dreamy visual effect, which also creates a quiet and mysterious feeling.
The steel mesh can shape the form that is different from the traditional sculpture material on how to occupy the surrounding space. The coloring of steel mesh can change the natural attributes of the metal material itself, while it also highlights the emotional expression of the work. Zhang Wendi uses the flexibility of steel mesh during the modeling to cut, fold, twist, and sew and shape work, just like those "soft sculptures" made of fiber and cloth. The hand-sewing method to connect and complete the body is an unusual method for metal materials. The unity of the mind, hands, and eyes during the working process creates a tacit and emotional relationship between the artist and the work. With its strength and plasticity, steel mesh can achieve qualities and expressions that regular soft materials do not have. By embossing the structure to form texture and details, the artwork creates a different visual experience.