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

With relation to sculpture, architectural means any component of a building or structure which has been modelled, carved or welded by a sculptor and integrated into the whole in some manner so as to ...

Armature

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

A construction made of wood, light or heavy metal wire, bars or piping or any other suitably rigid material to support the wet clay, wet plaster or other soft and pliable mixed media materials used ...

Faux

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

From the French "false". Said of any false finish given to a sculpture. "Faux marble" is reconstituted marble powder incorporated into resin.

Figurative

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

Of or portraying the (human or animal) figure. Figurative sculpture can be either realistic (in varying degrees...) or stylized.

Firing

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

Exposing to heat in a kiln a clay body to harden it or an investment casing containing wax so as to "lose it" which is an integral part of the lost-wax process . See Foundry.

Wood carving

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

Wood carving is a form of working wood by means of cutting tool(knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands, resulting in a wooden figure, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object.