Through the Eyes of the Sculptor
1. List/discuss the key concepts you learned.
“Through the Eyes of a Sculptor”
was in part about a sculptor who creates marble works of art, Emmanuel Fillion. I like how the video walked with him to show
his past works before showing he worked on a new piece. He talked about the marble, how he works with
it and even how he has to take the elements the sculpture will be at into
consideration. When he worked on the
sculpture he used a modeling and carving methods to form it. They type of figure he did was a human
figure. The media used was clay then
plaster.
2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
The videos relate to the text in
that the video did things that the book described. The book talked about the different methods
of sculpting, the types of sculpting and the media used to sculpt. The video showed these things in action. The clay being modeling. The plaster mold model. And the carving and polishing to a finished
product.
3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to
understanding of the topics: Sculpture, Installation, and Craft?
Much like the other videos in
this series, the videos enhanced the reading.
It showed what we read in action and did a great job explaining in detail
how the art is done.
Glass and Ceramics.
1. List/discuss the key concepts you learned.
Heating sand with components
called fluxes to super hot temperatures until the sand breaks down and turns to
molten glass. That’s really cool how
that works. Then the artisan pulls some
of this glob of glass they blow and form it into glass. I’m sure this isn’t how glass is made any
longer but it’s nice to know that glass can be still hand made. The
art of glazing glass to make stained glass was nice to see how the artist
started with a small rendering on paper, then a larger paper rendering then the
large is cut down to use as templates to cut the glass. This would definitely be the assembling
method of sculpting. The ceramic process
was similar to the glass in that the base is combined and heated to high
temperatures. The video did cover them
using a modeling method.
2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
This video was a little less
about the readings in the book but specific to glass and ceramics. While it doesn’t cover the whole 40 pages of
reading it does indirectly support a lot of what we read.
3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to
understanding of the topics: Sculpture, Installation, and Craft?
I was really interested in seeing
this video as I’ve always wondered how glass is made. The first minute it tells us that glass is
made from sand. That’s amazing that
something gritty as sand can break down to glass.
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