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WorksheetsSculpture Processes and Materials
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 37mins
Carving is a process that....
Artists begin with a block of materials
Artist carve and chip away until the form of the sculpture begins
It is a subtractive process
All of the above
What challenges does an artist face when carving from a block of stone?
What are the differences between sculpting in clay and in stone?
When an artist models clay they
start with a simple framework, armature, or nothing and add material to the make the sculpture
chip away at the sculpture to remove material and create their form
Modeling materials include:
stone, marble, or wood
found objects
clay, wax, paper mache, ect.
What challenges does an artist face when modeling with clay?
Casting is a way to make sculptures,
usually out of bronze
involves a mold and pouring liquid molten metal into aa mold until it solidifies
most common method is lost wax but you can cast glass as well
all of the above
A sculpture "in the round" is a
piece of art that you can walk around and view from all sides
piece of art that lays flat and comes out of the 2D plane
A relief sculpture is a
piece of art that you can walk around and view from all sides
piece of art that lays flat and comes out of the 2D plane
Construction/Assembly is a form of art that
uses clay to form the piece
uses individual pieces or objects are brought together to form a sculpture
is carved from stone or wood
What is kinetic sculpture?
Write an artist statement using complete sentences and proper punctuation.
An artist's statement is a written document that introduces you as an artist. It explains why and how you make your art, along with other facts about you and your art. An artist's statement could be about a particular work.
Name this process:
Carving
Modeling
casting
assemblage
The first stage of clay.
Bone Dry
Slip
Leather Hard
Bisque
The clay building technique you used to create your egg project
Slab Construction
Pinch and Pull
Coiling
Casting
What do you use to attach two pieces of clay?
slip and score
Modeling
Subtractive
Select all the correct answers that relate to carving
Artists begin with a block of material
Artist pours molten iron into a mold
Carve and chip material away until the form of the sculpture emerges
Subtractive process – starts out larger, but subtracts material
What type of relief sculpture is this?
High
Low
Sunken
An artist like Deborah Butterfield uses what type of sculptural process?
(a)
