Sculpture

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In historic period, carving is the technique of changing shape of a material which the artist subtracts or cuts away from a solid material to reach the desired form by use of tools such as knives, chisels tipped power cutters, and chainsaws. This kind of Art work, can be time consuming and painstaking method because of the hard and heavy materials, such as stones or other marble that are often used. However, artists also carve from softer substances such as wood and soap depending on recourses and cost. Sculpturing requires innovative or intellectual ideas. I would say that the sculptor could use some attention but keep at it. My favorite piece is the ceramic sculpture; it is the cleanest and most impressive one of the bunch. It is very fascinating how the sculptor applies the perfect technical skills. Sculpturing is about expression, in consideration, as the Form has to have depth as well as width and height; to have a form of three-dimensional, the basis of sculpture, furniture, and decorative arts, dimensional forms can be seen from more than one side, such as this sculpture of the two heads.

The curve of a line can convey energy; soft, shallow curves recall the curves of the human body and often have a pleasing, sensual quality, and a softening effect on the composition. Sharply curved or twisted lines can convey commotion, confusion, and even violence. In this sculpture, the lines of the contorting bodies help convey the intensity. Art sculpture is most fixed subjective connecting with the piece most often than not in profound personal matter, but personal reactions do not make anything better or anything worse. The joining of one form to another may be accomplished in different ways. In much of sculpturing, there...

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...ked their materials in ways that make complete natural properties, including color and texture. More recently, however, there has been a growing tendency to use bright artificial coloring as an important element in the design of sculpture. Sculpture is like poetry in that call forth certain feelings, certain emotions that function within our heart. They have something to them, something you cannot describe, and something just outside our vision. To be accurate, the sculpture needs structure and all other elements, but they also need to reach out to us. Therefore, holes, space in sculpture, which are as carefully shaped as the solid forms, and are of equal importance to the overall design are sometimes referred to as negative volumes. Overall, the sculpture is dominated by a series of repeated diagonal lines that move from lower right to upper left and vise versa.

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