Sculpture Materials 0.0 / 5 ? History of ArtSculpture MaterialsASAQA Created by: epearce1998Created on: 14-05-16 12:39 Marble A classical material Connotes nobility, purity and status Subtractive process (craving straight into the block of stone) Low tensile strength- means protrouding parts are easily broken When highly polished approximates flesh- translucency Allows for undercutting Tools used: Mallet (hammer with a broad head) Chisel Chisel is placed against the marble and hut with the blunt end of the hammer For large pieces, may ned a flat 'pitching tool' Claw chisels could be used to add texture Sandpaper used to polish 1 of 4 Bronze Also a traditional material Additive process of building up a form from a soft substance (e.g. wax, clay, plaster) before casting Timeless- we use the same process today as the Greeks did 5th c. BC Typically masculine Could show truth to materials Patina used to protect from weathering High tensile strength- can bear lots of protrouding parts or being top heavy Plaster could be built up on an armature- also known as applied plaster Lost wax process Negative plaster mould made from the original wax Often made in pieces Hot wax poured to form a layer inside the plaster moulds Foundary sand (sand and plaster) will be poured in to the copy to create a solid core Heated in a kiln and the wax melts and flows out through a funnel Molten bronze is then poured in instead 2 of 4 Wood Subractive process Texture and colour can be made to be like lifelike skin Matt finish or a gloss Can involve mixed media e.g. glass and ivory Can be made to be crude/ primative by showing visible carving marks Can be painted Wood has natural roughness, splintering, jagged qualities Fibrous quality means it can be carved quite thinny and precisely Hard woods are more durable but soft woods are easier to sculpt Not very durable or weather-proof Is strongest when carved against the grain Can be stained with walnut or linseed oil, and then coated in varnish, resin or wax 3 of 4 Stone Primative rock engravings Hardstone carving for semi-precious stones e.g. jade, onyx Alabaster is soft, durable and used for smaller works, has translucent qualities Grantine is exrtremely durable but very difficult to carve Basalt is even harder, very rarely carved byt does take a beautiful black apperance when polished 4 of 4
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