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Textured Sculptures
Hollowware
Earthenware
Project
Everything, including works of art, has a texture or surface.
Texture can be rough, bumpy, slick, scratchy, smooth, silky,
soft, prickly, the list is endless. You'll also see how differences
in texture can be used to create the illusion of space.
Works of art have a variety of actual
textures created by the artist's choice of
materials and how they are handled. The
actual texture of this oil painting is quite
rough and bumpy.
Vincent Van Gogh
Olive Trees
1889
Oil on canvas
The Minneapolis Institute
of Arts
The actual surface of this sculpture is hard,
cold, and smooth. It's made of marble!
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Jud Nelson
Hefty 2-Ply
1979-1981
Marble
Walker Art Center
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The surface of this clay jar consists of rows
of pointy bumps. So its surface feels rough
to the hand.
Lobi
Jar with Lid
20th century
Ceramic
The Minneapolis
Institute of Arts
The lizard perched on the side of this drum
has a coarse, scaly texture. The top and
bottom of the drum are smooth.
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Iatmul
Kundu Drum
20th century
Wood, rope
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Form describes volume
and mass, or the 3-D
aspects of objects that
take up space.
In-the-round Sculpture
Stone sculptures in-the-round is exactly that - a
full three dimensional carving, typically designed
to be viewed from all sides.
Sea Lion
2000
Champlain Black (Marble/Limestone)
18 x 20 x 18 in.
Texture refers to the
surface quality of
objects.
Texture appeals to
our sense of touch.
The element of texture is illustrated in art
when an artist has purposely exploited
contrasts in surface to provide visual interests.
You will be creating a hollow ware
sculpture that exhibits at least
three different textures.
The form should have:
Some degree of difficulty.
Be well thought out.
Contain a variety of surface textures.
Be able to be hollowed out.
Do not choose a form that has long
legs or thin areas to sculpt or is too
thin to hollow out.
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1. Find an image of something you would like
to make out of clay. Choose a form in which
you will create a tactile clay piece that will
incorporate a minimum of three different
textures.
2. Begin to draw the image. Include the
darker and lighter areas. Make sure to draw
the texture of the image as realistic as
possible.
3. Label the three texture surfaces. Bumpy,
jagged, smooth, scaly, course, etc.
Use implied lines in your drawing to
show its texture.