Sculpture Vocabulary

The 4 ways to create sculpture

• Additive• Subtractive• Modeling• Casting

Sculptors Draw…

• Before creating sculptures many sketches from multiple viewpoints must be created.

• Even though the final product is 3D the sculptor must be proficient in drawing and painting.

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.

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

Casting:

• is a process, where the sculptor starts by making a mold.

Carving:

• Carving is a subtractive process. Michelangelo used the subtractive process of carving marble

Modeling:

• is the building up and shaping of soft material to create a sculpture.

Oil based clay model Bronze from clay

model

There are two basic shapes or forms

• Organic

• Geometric

Medium:

• the materials we use in sculpture such as clay, paper, wax, marble, stone, plaster, wire, metal and various other materials. The tools used to manipulate the materials are not considered a medium.

Acrylic by Frederick Hart

Marble by Michelangelo

Oaxacan wood carving

The 3 fundamentals of sculpture are:

• form • content • technique

Review: 4 Ways to create a sculpture

• Modeling, subtracting, casting, and assembling are the four ways to create a sculpture.

Modeling Carving Casting Assembling