Random knowledge
Artwork that serves a purpose other than looking good
What is functional?
It is essentially a razor with a handle, used for cutting cardboard or paper
What is an x-acto knife?
This needs to be underneath your cardboard when cutting with an x-acto knife
What is a cutting board?
Sculpture that is meant to be viewed from all sides, it is free-standing and does not attach to a panel or background
What is in-the-round?
The place where faces meet, you needed 50 of these for your rolled-paper geometric sculpture
What is edges?
This type of art is nonrepresentational, it does not look realistic
What is abstract?
The sculpture process that involves soaking paper in a water and glue mixture
What is paper mache?
A small 3 dimensional model of a building
What is an architectural model?
This type of relief sculpture has deep carving and projects at least half way from the background
What is high relief?
The opposite of an organic shape, these typically have names and regularity. These types of shapes are seen often in math class.
What is geometric?
In sculpture, the "material used" is also called
What is media or medium?
The soft material that carved into during lino cutting
This type of drawing shows something 3 dimensional broke down into 2 dimensional drawings of each side of the object
What is an orthographic drawing?
The subtractive process that involves chipping away or scooping out material
What is carving?
A flat surface on a form
What is a face?
Art piece that is intended for a specific space, often takes up a whole room
What is installation?
Tool used to apply ink onto a lino cut
What is a brayer?
Changing the size of an object in a way that maintains proportions
What is scaling?
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What is to scale?
This sculpture process in which a soft material is shaped by the artist.
What is modeling?
On a form, this is where faces meet
What is an edge?
A circular tool with a flat face used for rubbing the back of a lino cut when transferring ink to paper
What is a baren?
One layer of this material can be used to add strength and stability underneath paper mache layers
What is plaster gauze?
In order to scale and object up, what mathematically needs to be done to each measurement
What is multiply each side by the same number?
This sculpture techniques involves pouring a liquid or material into a mold
What is casting?
A point at which 3 or more edges meet.
What is a vertex?