Arts Workshop What do Scuptures do? Sculpture

Some sculptures move the wind, a fan, a gear, a lever, a crank a wheel, a dial a pulley, a motor... How else could you make a sculpture move?

Sculptures Have Balance
Have you ever balanced with someone on a teeter-totter? Most mobiles must have balance. Other sculptures just look balanced.

Sculptures have scale Scale means things either are, or seem to be, big or small. The size of a sculpture makes a difference in how people think about it: teeny tiny, human size or huge.

monkies
What is this?
Snakes
What is this?
rattle
What is this?

Sculptures have weight motorcycle
But heavy and light doesn't always relate to how much something weighs. Some sculptures look or feel big or heavy. Some sculptures look or feel small or light. In sculpture weight can relate to how a sculpture looks. How does this sculpture look to you, heavy or light?
Small scale sculpture pulls you in. It draws you toward it to take a closer look.

Does Sculpture Have a Purpose?

Who Are These Sculptors?

What Do Sculptors Create With?

What Do Sculptors Do?

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