CONTEMPORAR

Y SCULPTURE
 PETROGLYPHS
Oldest pre-colonial
carvings.
Angono, Rizal.
In mountain province
, human figures are
carved in wood,
representing the anito
or ancestors.
•Bulul
•Bihang
•Okir
 BULUL
Use in rituals for
good harvest
and healing.
 BIHANG
Believed to protect
the village and
ward of sickness
and misfortune.
 OKIR
Refers to geometric
designs and folk motifs
found in sculptures such
as the naga or
serpents.
• Stone MATERIALS USE IN
• Wood SCULPTURE
• Metal
• Wax
• Clay
• Resin
 STONE
Stone carving is an activity
where pieces of rough
natural stone are shaped by the
controlled removal of stone.
 WOOD
Wood is appealing for its
grain, color, and origin
in a living tree.
TOOLS USE IN WOOD
CARVINGS
•Knife
• Chisel
• Mallet
 METAL
At Filipino- American Friendship Park
Abdulmari Imao
WAX
 TERRA-COTTA OR
CLAY
Terracotta- unglazed, typically
brownish-red earthenware, used
chiefly as an ornamental building
material and in modeling.
Julie Lluch
Her Work: Picasso and I
RESIN

Charlie Co
FOUR BASIC
SCULPTURE
TECHNIQUES
Sculpture process can be
either:

 Subtractive
 Additive
 MODELING
Clay and wax are the most common
modeling materials, and the artist's
hands are the main tools, though
metal and wood implements are
often employed in shaping.
Julie Lluch
 CARVING
It involves cutting or
chipping away a shape
from a block of a stone,
wood, or other hard
Franco Cagayat
 CASTING
an object made by
pouring molten metal or
other material into a
mold.
Ed Defensor
 ASSEMBLING
Gather and put together
different materials,
including found objects to
crate an assembled
sculpture.
Josephine Turalba
 STYLES AND
MOVEMENT IN
SCULPTURE
 MONOLITIC
SCULPTURE
very large or massive, or
something made of a single
large block of stone.
 CONSTRUCTIVISM
• Popular among contemporary
artist
• Make use of new materials such
as plastics, plexiglass, metal
wire, etc.
 SCULPTURAL
ASSEMBLADE
a form of sculpture comprised of
"found" objects arranged in
such a way that they create a
piece. These objects can be
anything organic or man-made
 KINETIC
SCULPTURE
Sculpture in
mechanical motion.
NICHES, BOXES, GROTTOES