Sculpture vocabulary
Transcript of Sculpture vocabulary
Sculpture Vocabulary
The 4 ways to create sculpture
AdditiveSubtractiveModelingCasting
Sculptors Draw…
Before creating sculptures many sketches from multiple viewpoints must be created.Even though the final product is 3D the sculptor must be proficent in drawing and painting.
Gesture:
Gestural lines indicate action and physical movement. Our eyes follow the active lines as they swirl across the pageIn this example wire creates the gesture
Gesture drawing:
Moving a drawing medium quickly and freely over a surface to capture the form and actions of a subject
Relief and in the round
Relief sculpture refers to the only type of sculpture that is not viewed from all sides.Sculpture that is “in the round” is viewed by all sides Both types of sculpture can be created in the four traditional ways.
Relief Sculpture:a type of sculpture that has forms that extend into space from a single plane.
Some relief sculptures tell a story
Armature:internal support, often used to supply strength, or to provide weight reductions by providing volume and mass, which saves on outer material such as plaster
Additive:
Additive sculpture is a process in which pieces of material are glued or joined together. As in modeling, assembled sculptures are built up. A house of cards, for example, is made by assembling. Additive sculpture is also known as “constructing” and assemblage.
Louise Nevelson
Used assemblage to make her sculpturesIs this a relief sculpture?
Casting:
is a process, where the sculptor starts by making a mold.
Mold
Cast
Paper Cast
Sculpture
Carving:
Carving is a subtractive process. Michelangelo used the subtractive process of carving marble
Here are some more examples of carving
Modeling:
is the building up and shaping of soft material to create a sculpture.
Oil based clay model
Bronze from clay model
In this project you will use the modeling technique.
Create a textureCreate as many details as possible to make it realisticCreate the sculpture a size that will fit on a small plateCreate a composition on the plate with the items you sculpt.
Review: 4 Ways to create a sculptureModeling, subtracting, casting, and assembling are the four ways to create a sculpture.
Modeling Carving Casting Assembling