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Understanding Sculpture Materials, Types, and Tech

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An overview of sculpture materials (wood, stone, ivory, bronze, clay) and principles like truth to material, 3D form, natural observation, and expressive vitality in art.

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    Reading Visual Arts Masenials in scuipud What is a sculpture? 8 Wood. its gfe. soher | and Is gra page torte Loon ord SR prin = texture, and invites intricate + It 5 a three-dimensional (or tridimensional) artform that is | carving and concavites. space. + Asculpture is about shaping of a single block + Stone - it has been the ‘or mass of material It mostly deals with the princpal material of physical demands of the hard or tangible monumental sculpture. itis. materials. ‘any hard substance formed from minerals and earth materials, and has afar homogenous tecture. A Truthfulness to the material | -indvidual qualites [mo of the material + Ex The stone A otha ba tend ‘elephants tusks. Its rare. and concererated ‘costly ard seldomly used, nd but can survive longer due to it ‘should net be intrinsic value. Most statues of pr Saints are made of ivory. + Bronze - fit for large-scale realization houkd dhways omposton. has rch color for complete ‘and smooth texture. sculptural } expresson in its Cy full spasal reality. comected. added with water and be Observation of natural -toenlarge the ‘pounded for remodeling. objects anists form-knowiedge + Terra Cota (‘fire clay) - the most tender of sculptural Combination of visionand | - a sculptor must materials. A expression compe the ‘great deal of Oriental sculpture. sciprnces ‘2nd ceramics are done in this the realization of medium anidea Achievement of vitality of | -while beauty aims expression at peasing the ‘senses, power of ‘expression is ‘about sprual veaity

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    (Materials in 1 Freestanding or "Round" | - It is meant to be ‘sculpture) seen from al es Groce. rea. + Paper (sapir mache) pele = Toda" weight of the. + Plasc figure. t aso Plaster Sessa = pladorm which + Other metals makes an + “30 Printed” anwork to stand. Amostal fic, but are swat, they are capable Soterme oo z —- ee nd party enclosed by religious Rprowudes froma ~ Animals (popular Stace butcannor TERE Sree me) sand on ts oun because Non-living (historical, itis i religious or biblical, Fra foes 2 “incapable of “Events (ex Historcal, meng. religious or biblical, Types of Relief Sculptures: pick is almost the. “ems or artifacts | EEE ae ‘sanding sculpture but differs from the later because tis attached so that the back pan estan oniooker. Nevertheless, the. front left and right sdes can be viewed

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    DIVISIONSOF | -almostthe same SCULPTURE METHODS = paring buds Additive Sculpture Eon phate volume and the materials to come up with. medium used ihe desired vares from tne fours He basicaly sacs a he has reached the ‘satisfactory level. mache. tis meant to Coths, terra cotta, sand. move, as meta movement (ex. motor-driven part) Subtractive Sculpture is its basic ~The sculptor removes element They the unnecessary ‘could be hang on pans ofthe medum he the wall or on uses to form mE Fran = 1005 to subtract are chisel and saws. SAMPLE SCULPTING METHODS Stone, ory. | Modeling - Itis an additve process wherein 3. ‘soft or workable. ‘material is buik up and shaped. Clay and some. CorRTICS re Manas used Most chen. Assembling - lis used interchangeably sith “construction.” - Its gathering and jciring ferant kinds of ‘masarials. Welding alsa falls under this ‘method. Carving -Itis a subtractive procedure that include cuting or chipping a shape from a mass. Usual ‘masanals for this method ars hard masenals ike. stone. Casting his to pour meiec-cown metal cr liquid substance ints male to harden. Bronze, resin. anc fiverglass are. the usual materials for casting.

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