Module 6

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

For the “Through the Eyes of the Sculptor” the key concepts were the processes involved in creating a life-sized or larger craved statue. It first showed the step of drawing and planning the artwork, then sculpting using clay, a cheaper material that is easy to manipulate and make into a form. Then to make the plaster mold and then the plaster version. Then to sculpt the huge version. Also how things like balance and fragility play a large part in the creation of the piece. It shows the time it takes to make the statue and key concepts that are required. And that the original idea may be a single persons but the work becomes a collective group of people having to work together to make it. The “Glass and Ceramics” videos show the concepts of making glass and creating glass figures and structures and how it is used in many things. That glass starts as sand, that can be made in to an endless possibility of things and creations. It showed how regular glass is made, the differences in making stained glass and how the glass is made for architecture. Also how firing and material used to make the glass has a tremendous effect on the glass and must be taken into account. And like the sculpting all aspects must be taken to account. 

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

The videos give you a visual on the concepts that the text described therefore making it easier for you to understand and the work involved in creating art. It allows a deeper understanding of how are is created and made, which is what is described in the text.

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

They show you what each is and what classifies as each. Also they give examples of each of the three topics, which gives you a much deeper understanding of what is trying to be explained in the book because it is being shown to you and not dependent on your imagination. I found that they were interesting due to the showing the artists processes and especially in the sculpting video, how artist flock to certain places and find inspiration in the same things and places as other artists. That the same thing can inspire people yet the outcomes are completely different, even though the inspiration is the same.