Tools
This tool heats up a blade to easily cut through soft foam without tearing it.
What is a hot knife?
This method builds up material to create form.
What is additive?
This method removes material to reveal form.
What is Subtractive?
This lightweight and easy-to-manipulate material is often used for large-scale sculptures or prototypes, can be carved, shaped, and painted, and comes in various densities.
What is foam?
This flexible and lightweight material is ideal for creating armatures or intricate designs, and comes in various gauges affecting strength and flexibility.
What is wire?
This special oven gets very hot to bake or harden things like clay or pottery.
What is a Kiln?
This process joins metal parts by melting.
What is Welding?
This process pours liquid material into a mold to create a sculpture.
What is casting?
This strong and durable material is often used for large outdoor sculptures, molded into shapes and textures, but requires careful planning due to its weight and curing time.
What is Concrete?
This material is easy to mold and shape, often used for creating models and casts, dries quickly, and can be painted or finished to resemble other materials.
What is plaster?
This tool is pointed and used with a mallet to chip away and carve stone or wood.
What is a Chisel?
This process heats clay sculptures in a kiln to harden.
What is firing?
This kind of sculpture projects from a flat background.
What is Relief?
This luminous material is shaped through blowing, casting, or fusing, and requires specialized equipment for safe handling.
What is glass?
This powder is used to make concrete or mortar, which hardens and holds building materials together.
What is Portland Cement?
This is a framework used to support a sculpture.
What is armature?
This versatile and malleable material allows for detailed sculpting and modeling, can be fired in a kiln to create durable ceramic pieces, and includes types such as earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain.
What is clay?
This type of relief is low, where the design slightly stands out.
What is bas relief?
This versatile material can be cast into molds, 3D printed, may be transparent or opaque, and is often used for lightweight, durable sculptures.
What is resin?
This bioplastic, derived from corn starch and sugarcane, is a common 3D printing material.
This is the form taken from an object to replicate it.
What is a mold?
These materials allow for precise and complex designs, commonly using PLA, ABS, or resin, for this craft.
What is 3D printing?
This process incises lines or designs into a surface.
What is Etching?
This malleable material is often used for modeling and casting, can be melted and poured into molds, and is commonly used in lost-___ casting.
What is wax?
This approach incorporates everyday items into art, promoting creativity, sustainability, and new narratives.
What are found objects?