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SCULPTURE - Removing unwanted portions of the raw

Sculpture
- Comes from a Latin word “sculpere” which
means to carve
- The process of carving and engraving a hard
material to so as to produce designs or figures
in relief (Oxford English Dictionary)
Work of sculpture
- A work of sculpture is a three-dimensional
form constructed to represent a natural or
imaginary shape.
- Free-standing
- Carved in relief
- Kinetic
Free-standing sculpture or sculpture in the round-
one which can be seen from more than one position.
- Statues of saints in our churches
Relief sculpture
- project a flat background
Bas relief
- when the forms are slightly raised
- Coins and medals
High relief sculptures
- those whose figures project to the extent of
one-half their thickness or more, so that they
are almost round.
Kinetic sculpture
Mobiles
- kind of kinetic sculpture are made of strips of
metal, glass, wood or plastic arranged with
wires and hung where they can move.
- Associated with Alexander Calder who first
created them in 1930s
material to reveal the form that the artist has
visualized.
- Wood, stone, and ivory
- Most difficult of the sculptural process
- He cannot afford a trial-and-error method-
once the material has been chiseled off, it can
no longer be restored.
Modeling
- Additive process
- Building the form, using highly plastic
material such as clay or wax.
Casting
- Is a complex process
- A method of obtaining the permanence of
the modeled work by making a mold and
casting in a durable material such as
bronze, copper, and metals.
Fabrication
- Method developed in the 20th century
- This method came out because of the
rising cost of traditional materials and the
difficulty in getting them.
- Stone and Wood
- Additive process – it employs any method
of joining or fastening such as nailing,
stapling, soldering and welding.
- In this process, the artist builds his form
piece by piece.
- He may combine different materials
together.

Assemblage Sculpture
- A modern form of sculpture which is pieced
together from found or scavenged items that Philippine Sculpture and Society
have little or no relationship with another. Alice Guillermo

Traditional methods employed in making Okir, Ukkil – Ukit

sculpture are: - In the Muslim South, traditional
woodcarving design is called
1. Carving Okir- by the Maranaos
2. Modeling Ukkil- by the Tausog
3. Casting Related to the Tagalog word ukit meaning to
4. Fabrication carve

Carving Sari-manok
- Subtractive process - Principal okir design
- - Distinguished by its form of bird and fish
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- Stands for Maranao life culture which
flourishes by the waters of Lake Lanao

Naga
- Naga is the serpent characterized by a
dynamic S-curve
- Naga means snake or serpent in Sanskrit

Pako rabong or growing fern

- Flourishing plant with floral and
curvilinear motifs
- Characterized by a broad upcurving base
from which the plantlike form develops in
numerous curling leaves and tendrils
(stems)