Practice question · Put in order
Arrange these decisions in the order a sculptor faces them.
- Choose subtractive or additive process
- Decide what the pose can be, given what the material permits
- Work the form
- Finish the surface: chasing, polishing or patination
- Choose the material within that process
Hints
- The process is chosen before the material.
- The pose is constrained by the material, so it follows the choice of material.
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- Choose subtractive or additive process
- Choose the material within that process
- Decide what the pose can be, given what the material permits
- Work the form
- Finish the surface: chasing, polishing or patination
Why
The third step is the argument of the lesson. The material decides what pose is possible before any work begins, which is why the same figure in bronze and in marble is two different solutions rather than one design executed twice.
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