Sculpture Videos

1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

Through the Eye's of the Sculptor: Sculptor's put life into the stone they are working on with every hit of their mallet. They have to carefully plan every move they make because once you carve whatever your carving into the stone, it is hard to revert it. There is also a lot of brainstorming that goes into placement, material, etc depending on where the sculpture is being placed and what factors it much endure through.

Glass and Ceramics: The process of making a stained glass window is just like putting together a giant puzzle. You have to cut out pieces of glass, paint them with a certain material and fasten them back together to create the finished product. Also blowing glass is a fascinating process that requires a great amount of multitasking. You have to blow into the hollow rod, while rolling the rod back and forth and shaping the actual glass all at the same time. 

Installation Art: Installation art can be the most random and daily used objects that are specifically placed and combined together in a particular space to display a certain message. It is more of an environment rather than a piece of art because it involves 3 dimensional space that interacts with its environment.

2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?

All three videos relate to the text in that they discuss how sculptures, installations and crafts are made and used in the real world. For example the videos brought to life the functional uses of these types of artworks such as blowing glass to make wine glasses or using sculpting to restore historic buildings. They also touched on medias that the text mentioned too.

3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the topics: Sculpture, Installation, and Craft?

I personally found the Glass and Ceramics film the most interesting and entertaining because it involves so much careful handling and specific movements to create a sculpted piece of glass. They other videos also helped support what was in the text and gave me a visual to put the pieces of the text together and further understand the art of sculpting, installations and crafts!