brooke white

Modeling means the shaping of a single block or mass of material into a tri dimensional form. Modeling is different from building which is the putting together of a number of pieces or blocks of material. Sculpture puts together into a beautiful, meaningful shape such materials as stone, wood, metal, and other hard materials. The sculpture is thought if as a creative, sensitive, and original thinker. Seldom, however, do people think of the physical demands that the art of sculpture makes on the artist. A sculptures work can be back breaking. Marble must be move uncut. Wood must be curve and sand papered. Clay must be pounded and kept in condition with day to day care. The sculptor must have a great deal of technical knowledge. He must know a good piece of stone from a bad one and just how much force that stone can take before it cracks.