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From Wikipedia
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials - typically stone such as marble - or metal, glass, or wood. Softer ("plastic") materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals. The term has been extended to works including sound, text and light.
Found objects may be presented as sculptures. Materials may be worked by removal such as carving; or they may be assembled such as by welding, hardened such as by firing, or molded or cast. Surface decoration such as paint may be applied.[1] Sculpture has been described as one of the plastic arts because it can involve the use of materials that can be moulded or modulated.
Sculpture is an important form of public art. A collection of sculpture in a garden setting may be referred to as a sculpture garden.
Materials of sculpture through history
The materials used in sculpture are diverse, changing throughout history. Sculptors have generally sought to produce works of art that are as permanent as possible, working in durable and frequently expensive materials such as bronze and stone: marble, limestone, porphyry, and granite. More rarely, precious materials such as gold, silver, jade, and ivory were used for chryselephantine works. More common and less expensive materials were used for sculpture for wider consumption, including glass, hardwoods (such as oak, box/boxwood, and lime/linden); terracotta and other ceramics, and cast metals such as pewter and zinc (spelter).
Sculptures are often painted, but commonly lose their paint to time, or restorers. Many different painting techniques have been used in making sculpture, including tempera, [oil painting], gilding, house paint, aerosol, enamel and sandblasting.[1][2][3]
Many sculptors seek new ways and materials to make art. Jim Gary used stained glass and automobile parts, tools, machine parts, and hardware. One of Pablo Picasso's most famous sculptures included bicycle parts. Alexander Calder and other modernists made spectacular use of painted steel. Since the 1960s, acrylics and other plastics have been used as well. Andy Goldsworthy makes his unusually ephemeral sculptures from almost entirely natural materials in natural settings. Some sculpture, such as ice sculpture, sand sculpture, and gas sculpture, is deliberately short-lived.
Sculptors often build small preliminary works called maquettes of ephemeral materials such as plaster of Paris, wax, clay, or plasticine, as Alfred Gilbert did for 'Eros' at Piccadilly Circus, London. In Retroarchaeology, these materials are generally the end product.
Sculptors sometimes use found objects.
Asian
Sumerian male worshiper, 2750-2600 B.C.Many different forms of sculpture were used in Asia, with many pieces being religious art based on Hinduism and Buddhism (Buddhist art) and greco-Buddhist art. A great deal of Cambodian Hindu sculpture is preserved at Angkor, however organized looting has had a heavy impact on many sites around the country. In Thailand, sculpture was almost exclusively of Buddha images. Many Thai sculptures or temples are gilded, and on occasion enriched with inlays. See also Thai art
Discussion Forum
Paleo Art?
Started by Typhani Brooks. Last reply by izzy Mar 20. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Does anyone here ever sculpt long extinct animals? I have found this to be an intriguing hobby... would love to see how other people interpret fossils into art...I went through a glitter phase…Continue
Tags: glitter, anomalocaris, sculpey, sculpture, art
Woodcarvings
Started by NuAwlons Natescott Sep 30, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes
There are a few wood carvers in my area, however we all do different work which is good, but still I haven't found a market, nor have I run across any interesting clients.I'am working on a peace…Continue
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Comment by Bruce J. Weinzetl on December 31, 2012 at 12:07pm -
Happy to be on here to look at all the great items you all make!! SO COOL!!!!!
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Comment by steve tunnell on September 15, 2012 at 7:35pm -
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Comment by Alan ReNae Neal on August 14, 2012 at 5:45pm -
Chris, I noticed you ask if anybody else is doing stone sculpture. I have done several pieces of stone sculpture, and found that the traditional instruments used to carve with were insufficient for my needs, so I had to create new tools. I will be posting images of my stone work on myownartstudio page, if you click on it to see. What sort of questions do you have about stone carving? I was taught by several highly successful professors in college. I hope I can help!
Alan R Neal
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Comment by Nancy Belle on July 13, 2012 at 12:16am -
Sorry...don't know what's happening in San Diego...I am in Aliso Viejo, CA...about mid between SD and LA.
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Comment by Nancy Belle on July 13, 2012 at 12:14am
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Sea Sculpture of Iron, Glass and Metallic Acrylic Paint
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Comment by Nancy Belle on July 13, 2012 at 12:06am
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Comment by Omar Rios on July 12, 2012 at 9:33pm -
Anybody knows of sculpture events in San Diego?
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Comment by Stryker Jeff on April 28, 2012 at 7:19am
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Comment by William Matheson on April 26, 2012 at 11:39pm -
New here! Wanted to say hi to my fellow sculptors!
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Comment by Rufus Hearn on February 2, 2012 at 2:52pm -
I have been doing film FX work for the last two decades now, so working in more "visceral" materials seems like a far off dream to me at times.
Are you using chisel/impact rakes, etc. and going it by hand? Or using more industrial removal techniques?
Marbles are incredibly fun - but brittle. I've only worked in marble once... and I lost it about two thirds of the way through to a midline void that popped will I was excavating the torso.
Poor little guy sat around in two pieces for the next ten years till I lost it in the annals of relocating, resetting-up, and repacking for relocation again.
Keep working with your stone... stock up and storehouse what you can - supply lines are transient things indeed!
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