SCULPTURE
SCULPTURE
 Sculpture is three-dimensional
artwork created by shaping or
combining hard materials, typically
stone such as marble, metal, glass, or
wood, or plastic materials such as clay,
textiles, polymers and softer metals.
The term has been extended to works
including sound, text and light.
TYPES OF SCULPTURE
 Subtractive process
 Additive process
 Kinetic sculpture
SUBTRACTIVE
 Subtractive sculpture is the oldest form
of sculpture and involves removing
material, as in wood carving or stone
sculpture, to create a finished work.
Subtractive sculpture is by far the most
technically difficult and due to the
nature of the medium is the most
restrictive in expression.
ADDITIVE
 Additive sculpture describes all other
forms of sculpture and the process most
commonly used today. Simply put,
additive sculpture is the process of
creating sculpture by adding material to
create the work.
KINETIC
 Kinetic art is art from any medium that
contains movement perceivable by the
viewer or depends on motion for its
effect.
SCULPTURE IS CREATED IN
FOUR BASIC WAYS:
 Carving
 Modeling
 Casting
 Construction
CARVING
Subtractive process: material is removed
 Mainly wood and stone (marble)
MODELING
Additive process: material is added
 Clay, wax, plaster, paper-mache
CASTING
 Casting: a mold is used to form
molten bronze(or other material) into
a desired shape.
CONSTRUCTION
 Construction: welding, gluing, nailing
materials together.
ASSEMBLAGE
 Assemblage: assembling found
objects in unique ways.
RELIEF
 Relief: attached to a surface
KINETIC SCULPTURE
 Kinetic Sculpture: movable parts (wind)
 Free-standing or full-round.

SCULPTURE: ADDITIVE,SUBTRACTIVE AND KINETIC

Editor's Notes

  • #4 Subtractive sculpture is the oldest form of sculpture and involves removing material, as in wood carving or stone sculpture, to create a finished work. Subtractive sculpture is by far the most technically difficult and due to the nature of the medium is the most restrictive in expression.Additive sculpture describes all other forms of sculpture and the process most commonly used today.  Simply put, additive sculpture is the process of creating sculpture by adding material to create the work.