Module #6

Through the Eyes of the Sculptor

#1. From this video I learned that clay, bronze, limestone, and marble is needed to make a sculpture. The sculptor must use feelings to carve life back into the sculpture. To recreate a sculpture, artists make a mold of the old one, get a new stone and recreate the sculpture looking at the old one, using their feelings to bring life to the sculpture. 

#2. Through the Eyes of the Sculptor relates to the text because they both go into depth about the different methods that go into sculpting. Both describe modeling, casting, carving, and assembling.

#3. I liked this film because how it started off with Fillion and how he started his career in sculpting. Also how it moves into the history of sculpting and incorporates other sculptors. It explained how aggressive and difficult but awarding it can be.

Glass and Ceramics

#1. I learned that glass and ceramic are the oldest man-made materials. Glass is made from sand, that is a viscus liquid that hardens when cool. Sedimentation allows paint to adhere to the glass definitively. 

#2. The video relates to the text because both describe how to create both of these materials. Such as blowing and staining of glass, coiling, glazing for ceramics, using potter's wheel, and slab construction. 

#3. I liked this film because it gave instructions of staining glass, and glass blowing. I liked the glass blowing the most; it was interesting to see him shape it the way he wanted and cutting off unwanted pieces.