MODULE 6 Video and reading questions

Anthony Sarcinellli

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

Through the eyes of the sculptor: The multiple steps a sculptor must take before creating a new work. How the restoration sculptors try to put themselves in the shoes of the artist that originally created the sculpture. They have to get themselves in the same mood.  Checking if the stone is good to begin carving by sound, you will be able to hear if there are cracks while you are tapping it. Leaving bridges or reinforced uncarved marble piece wherever marble was hanging in the air so that the sculpture would not get damaged in shipping. Being able to draw and visualize the sculpture in your head before you begin, and you want it to be detailed but don’t want it to be to detailed so you can be open to new ideas. It is not just one person that does the entire sculpture, they work as a unit, each specialist will work on part of the sculpture, it goes through more than just one person to get it done.

Glass and Ceramics: The glass maker grabs a small lump of molten glass on the rod, then blows into the rod until it inflates and becomes a bubble, continuously turning the rod he shapes the matter with a metal iron or wooden slab or with his hands using a wet newspaper, the glass gradually hardens when in contact with the air, he can reheat it so he can continue modeling it to whatever shape he wants. Final firing it will give it its hardness and strength. Cementation allows the paint to adhere to the glass definitively yet remaining transparent. Ceramic material use began to grow, they are stronger than steel and can withstand very high temperatures. Ceramic was beginning to appear in daily lives, architecture, also it shows up in the hospital, household, and in cars, etc. The different types of glass have different levels of strength and resistance.

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

The videos relate to the readings because Emmanuel Fillion refers to his model to carve his sculpture, when you work clay you add on , but when working with marble it’s from out to in, so you need a higher level of concentration because once you chisel it off you can’t put it back on.  He wants to leave some material behind and have the figure coming out of the marble block, it is not an “In the Round” sculpture.    When heated, glass becomes molten, and in that state it can be shaped by several different methods, this relates to the glass and Ceramic video.

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

The videos add depth to the understanding of these topics because it actually shows and tells you how these things are created and it shows the actually process and application of it. It helps you understand it better when you see the process actually happening and what they have to do.  It gives you a better understanding being able to watch how it works after reading about it.  The films helped me understand the processes better because it goes more in depth on what the process actually is and how it’s done, so the videos helped me.