1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
Video #1: Through the Eyes of the Sculptor
Stone carvings take a lot of time and work.
If the stone is cracked, it makes a different sound than if it is not, and if it is cracked it cannot be used.
When a sculptor is happy with his piece and cannot refine it anymore, he moves on to the next part.
Silicone mold is placed over clay sculptures or they clay could damage. The silicon is then removed from the clay to be used as a molding, and then the silicone mold is put back together so plaster can be pouring into it to recreate the clay sculpture, but using plaster.
Marble is limestone squeezed and crushed together when tectonic plates collided and the mountains rose.
Multiple artists can work on one sculpture.
Often it takes months to create one sculpture.
Video #2: Glass and Ceramics
Glass is made from liquid which stiffens when cooled.
Things like lime stone and oyster shells prevent the glass from becoming too fluid at high temperatures.
To create the glass, one takes a chuck of the molding out and blows into a rod until the mold inflates like a bubble. To shape it, the artist continuously turns the rod.
The glass cools as it is being modeled, so to continue, it needs to be reheated many times to keep creating shape.
Glass is still fragile after creating, so a final firing will harden the glass.
Propane torch can also be used to shape/fuse the glass.
Lead strips are used when creating stained glass windows.
Ceramics are made using fire with a clay base.
Molding techniques are used when making ceramics.
Dry pressing is used to create multiple ceramics, like plates.
The materials like marble and limestone are naturally created, carved to create sculptures. Once a carving is made, it cannot be undone.
2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
They relate to the readings in the text because the talk about sculptures in the text. The videos show the actual process while the text merely describes and gives few images. Both the videos and the text include the methods and materials needed to create sculptures. The text does talk about human sculptures in much detal though as did the first video. The glass and ceramics were not spoken about as much in the text as the video tells us, but there are sections that describe both clay and glass creations.
3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the topics: Sculpture, Installation, and Craft?
I thought the glass and ceramics video was more interesting than the first video. It gave much more detail and was all about the facts on glass and ceramics. It added to my understanding of the in text topics because the videos gave more visuals and step by step to actually create ceramics and limestone sculptures. Both videos were very helpful when comparing to the text, and helped me understand the way these types of art are made.
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