Sculpture

Sculpture

The practice of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief - such as by chiseling marble, modeling clay, or casting in metal - in order to create a work of art.

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Sculpture

In sculpture, any work that projects from the background. Reliefs are classified by degree of projection. Relief sculpture is distinguished from sculpture in the round. In a bas relief the figures ...

Sculpt

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

The process of creating what is described in the next entry... Also see the links there as all 4 main methods apply when defining the verb "to sculpt"!

Sculpture

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

Artform, 3-D or three dimensional - created in the round which can be seen from all perspectives except the bottom or back (when it is resting or placed down or against a surface, unless hanging from ...

Slab building

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

Clay slabs are cut to shape and joined together using scoring and wet clay called slip. Slabs can be draped over or into forms, rolled around cylinders or built-up into geometric forms. Large forms ...

Sprue

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

In casting, the entrance hole and main channel in the wall of a mould through which the liquid material (bronze or other metal) is poured; it is joined to the model by smaller channels called gates. ...

Steel

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

Medium used for sculpture, steel is a commercial iron that contains carbon in any amount up to 1.7 percent as an essential alloying constituent, is malleable when under suitable conditions and is ...

Patina

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

Colouring of a sculpture in plaster, bronze, plastic, etc. with acids or pigments. Variations are countless due to the variety of colour mixes. The natural bronze patina on statues is caused by ...