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Terra cotta
Terra cotta (Italian: “baked earth”) is a waterproof ceramic. Its uses include vessels, water & waste water pipes and surface embellishment in building construction. The term is also used to refer to items made out of this material and to its natural, brownish orange color.
History
Terra cotta has been used throughout history for sculpture and […]
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Sunken-relief
Sunken-relief, otherwise known as intaglio or sometimes hollow-relief, is a method of sculpting which entails carving or etching an image into the surface of a flat piece of stone, metal, glass or wood. This method creates a relief which is effectively a negative of the usual bas-relief type.
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Sugar sculpture
Sugar sculpture, the art of producing artistic centerpieces entirely composed of sugar and sugar derivatives, is an art that is rapidly garnering support. There are many national and international competitions that include sugar sculpture, and popular television networks, such as Food Network, televise many of these events.
Sugar showpieces can be composed of several different […]
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Stone carving
Stone carving is an ancient activity where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by the controlled removal of stone. Owing to the permanence of the material, evidence can be found that even the earliest societies indulged in some form of stone work.
Work carried out by paleolithic societies to create flint tools is more […]
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Statue of Ramesses II (Mit Rahina)
The Statue of Ramesses II is a 3,200-year-old figure of Ramesses II, depicting him standing, that was discovered in 1882 at the Great Temple of Ptah of Mit-Rahina near Memphis, Egypt. It is made from red granite.
The statue was found broken in six pieces and earlier attempts at restoration failed. In 1955, Egyptian president […]
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Statue
A statue is a sculpture depicting a specific entity, usually a person, event, animal or object. Its primary concern is representational.
A small statue is called statuette. A statue of just a head and shoulders is a bust not to be confused with the anatomical part of the female body referring to the chest or […]
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Spin casting
Spin casting is a process by which molds are used to make small parts. This can be done with many different media, from bronze to chocolate. The molds are typically vulcanized silicon.
A mold is made in a conventional way, which varies from one medium to the next. The medium itself may be mixed with […]
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Sound sculpture
Sound sculpture (related to sound art and sound installation) is a multimedia artform in which sculpture produces sound or, less often, the reverse. Most often sound sculpture artists were primarily either visual artists or composers, not having started out directly making sound sculpture.
Cymatics has influenced sound sculpture. Sound sculpture is sometimes site-specific.
Important artists include:
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Snow sculpture
Snow sculpture is a sculpture form comparable to sand sculpture or ice sculpture in that most of it is now practiced outdoors, and often in full view of spectators, thus giving it kinship to performance art in the eyes of some. The materials and the tools differ widely, but often include hand tools such […]
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Sculpture trail
A sculpture trail is, most often, a permanent series of large, outdoor sculptures located in a woodland or parkland settings, with public walkways giving access to the sculptures. It is larger than a sculpture garden, and the sculptures may be sited out-of-sight of one another. There is often wheelchair access, and also a sculptor-in-residence […]
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