Mod 6- Glass, Ceramics, and Sculpture
1. The video, “Glass and Ceramics”, focused on glass creation and uses. It explained that glass is a viscous liquid with no structure. It can also be etched like stone or wood, but it is more popular to color or paint glass with a solution that chemically cements to the surface. The video went into the mass production of ceramics, and explains how it utilizes slip and porus molds to quickly create replicas. I also learned that glass slowly fogs into a green color; due to the air that surrounds it forming bonds with the iron in it.
The video, “Through the Eyes of the Sculptor”, which followed one man through the process of making life size sculptures out of marble. It began with restoring monuments, where the sculptor uses a mold of the original for reference. The video explained that the sculptors can tell of there’s a crack in the stone by tapping it and listening to the tone. Once a figure is modeled in clay, then a silicone plaster mold is made. Then it is filled with plaster and creates a permanent model. Once that is done a life size model is made and a piece of stone is chosen. They work from the inside out with marble slowly chiseling then filing to a smooth texture. The video explained the intricacies of sculpting.
2. Although the videos didn’t talk much about relief they reflected the book’s section on the methods of sculpture, modeling. The book Also goes more in depth about how color is achieved in glass whereas the video explained the use of painting on the glass. Both the book and video explained the use of forging in stain glass windows. The videos were both more so specific examples of what the book talked about.
3. I enjoyed both videos, although the second dragged on a little; but they both went very in depth. They are useful to aid learning the material in the chapters. I only wish there were more examples within the sculpture video; it was mainly stone but there are tons of materials that sculpture is made of.
The video, “Through the Eyes of the Sculptor”, which followed one man through the process of making life size sculptures out of marble. It began with restoring monuments, where the sculptor uses a mold of the original for reference. The video explained that the sculptors can tell of there’s a crack in the stone by tapping it and listening to the tone. Once a figure is modeled in clay, then a silicone plaster mold is made. Then it is filled with plaster and creates a permanent model. Once that is done a life size model is made and a piece of stone is chosen. They work from the inside out with marble slowly chiseling then filing to a smooth texture. The video explained the intricacies of sculpting.
2. Although the videos didn’t talk much about relief they reflected the book’s section on the methods of sculpture, modeling. The book Also goes more in depth about how color is achieved in glass whereas the video explained the use of painting on the glass. Both the book and video explained the use of forging in stain glass windows. The videos were both more so specific examples of what the book talked about.
3. I enjoyed both videos, although the second dragged on a little; but they both went very in depth. They are useful to aid learning the material in the chapters. I only wish there were more examples within the sculpture video; it was mainly stone but there are tons of materials that sculpture is made of.
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