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