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Teach Yourself Sculpture,9780844201757
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Teach Yourself Sculpture


Edition: 1st
Author(s): Hill, Jane
ISBN10:  0844201758
ISBN13:  9780844201757
Format:  Paperback
Pub. Date:  1/11/1998
Publisher(s): MCG (Manual)

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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements viii
Introduction 1(2)
1 Some origins of Western sculpture
3(15)
Egyptian sculpture
4(2)
Greek sculpture
6(1)
Roman sculpture
7(2)
Gothic sculpture
9(2)
Renaissance sculpture
11(1)
Baroque sculpture
12(1)
Neo-classical sculpture
13(1)
Late nineteenth-century sculpture
14(1)
Sculpture in the twentieth century
15(3)
2 Modelling in clay and other materials
18(23)
Clay
18(1)
Nylon-reinforced clay
18(1)
Plasticine
19(1)
Getting started with clay
20(4)
Drying a finished piece of clay
24(5)
Modelling a head in clay
29(10)
Some final words on nylon-reinforced clay
39(1)
Abstract heads made from modelled clay
39(1)
Recycling clay
40(1)
3 Relief sculpture
41(6)
Clay relief with pressed objects
41(1)
Clay relief using still life as a subject
42(2)
Relief with drinking straws and matches
44(1)
Simple geometric reliefs in chipboard or fibreboard
45(1)
Relief on a theme of squares
45(2)
4 Casting and mouldmaking: a one-piece mould
47(13)
Making a plaster positive from a clay negative
47(3)
Casting a relief using the wastemould method
50(5)
Casting a relief using a silicone rubber skin mould with a plaster jacket
55(5)
5 Casting and mouldmaking: a two-piece mould
60(19)
Why are moulds made?
60(1)
Method 1: making a two-piece mould using shims
61(4)
Method 2: making a two-piece mould using clay walls
65(4)
Filling wastemoulds with plaster
69(2)
Filling wastemoulds with cement and sand
71(3)
Chipping out a wastemould
74(2)
Making a two-piece flexible mould
76(3)
6 Sculpture in stone
79(17)
Carving a shell or other natural object
81(2)
Carving a seal in soapstone
83(3)
Carving a bird in alabaster
86(2)
Carving limestone
88(3)
Carving a torso in limestone
91(3)
Carving heads
94(2)
7 Carving in wood
96(12)
Wood for carving
96(1)
Tools for woodcarving
97(2)
Holding the wood
99(2)
Abstract shape based on candle flame in limewood
101(2)
Finishing a woodcarving
103(3)
Appendix: Sharpening tools
106(2)
8 Direct plaster and cement
108(7)
Plaster
108(2)
Abstract plaster sculpture based on two interlocking rings
110(3)
Cement
113(1)
Other materials for direct modelling
114(1)
9 Construction
115(8)
Constructions with straws and glue
115(2)
Constructions with wood
117(3)
Constructions in metal
120(2)
Polystyrene constructions
122(1)
10 Sculpture in wax
123(4)
Figure in wax
124(3)
11 Colouring and patination
127(2)
Sealing plaster
127(1)
Painting plaster to look like bronze
127(2)
12 Environmental art and installation
129(3)
Environmental art
129(2)
Installation
131(1)
13 Information, inspiration and ideas
132(6)
Gathering ideas
132(4)
Sculpture parks in the UK
136(1)
Some sculpture websites
137(1)
Glossary 138(3)
Select bibliography 141(1)
Useful addresses 142(4)
Index 146

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