Sculptures

What is Sculpture? Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in 3-dimensions and one of the plastic arts. Any Material can be used to create a sculpture. There are different techniques to build or create a sculpture.

Cast Mold Sculpture A sculptural technique in which liquid materials are shaped by pouring into a mold. To copy a solid object by pouring a liquid, such as melted metal, clay, wax, or plaster, into a mold and letting it harden. The mold is then removed and a copy, or cast, is left in the shape of the mold.

Subtractive Sculpture a sculptural technique which material is carved or cut away from a base. Carving is a way of making sculpture by cutting away unwanted parts.

Relief Sculpture a form of sculpture in which the image projects from a background.

Found Object Sculpture Or Assemblage: a 3D assembly of carious materials to make an image. A technique of combining together pieces of “this and that” to create a 3D work. A piece of art made by combining a collected of 3D objects into a whole. It is usually made from scraps, junk, or various man0-made or natural objects.

Landscape Sculpture

Mobile Sculptures a sculpture with moving parts.

Famous Sculptures in History

Ceramic Sculpture

Hand building Ceramics Pinch pots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bELgM8aSqLc Coiling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgYJvbQgb40 Slab:

Wheel throwing

Ceramic vocabulary Clay- A compound of decomposed and altered feldspathic rock consisting of various hydrated silicates of aluminum along with non-plastics, such as quartz, and organic material Wet Clay- Clay that still has moisture in the material Leather hard clay- The condition of raw clay ware when most of the moisture has evaporated leaving it still soft enough to be carved or joined to other pieces. Bone Dry- The condition of unfired clay that has no absorbed moisture other than natural humidity. Greenware- Unfired clay objects Kiln- A furnace for firing ceramic products Firing- The heating of clay or glaze to a specific temperature Bisque Fire- First firing of clay to drive out chemically combined water and carbonaceous materials prior to glazing Bisque- Clay which has been fired once, unglazed

Coil- Rope-like roll of clay used in hand building Glaze- A glass-like coating fusion bonded to a ceramic surface by heat Overglaze- Glaze decoration applied on the surface of a fired glaze, which is then refired Throw or Throwing- Using the potter’s wheel to make forms by hand from plastic clay Underglaze- A colored decoration applied on raw or bisque fired clay Shrinkage- Contraction of the clay or glaze in either drying or firing Wedge or Wedging- Mixing and de-airing clay by cutting it diagonally and slamming the pieces together. Slip- A suspension of clay or glaze materials in water. Used to attach pieces together

Ocean animal Sculptures