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     Wednesday 10th of March



  Sculptural Glossary:

Sculpture Glossary

1/1

This is another way of saying that the piece is only going to have one cast made , as in the case of some comissions, or sometimes in the case of a portrait. More usually it is with a sculpture that is fabricated rather than cast. Simply it is one of one ,a one off, or unique and no more will ever be made.
 

Anima and Animus

The Anima and Animus, are in Carl Jung's school of analytical psychology, the unconscious or true inner self of an individual, as opposed to the persona, or outer aspect of the personality. In the unconscious of the male, it finds expression as a feminine inner personality: anima; equivalently, in the unconscious of the female, it is expressed as a masculine inner personality: animus.
 

armature

An armature is an internal frame or skeleton which supports a modelled sculpture. A typical armature for a small sculpture is made of heavy gauge wire, bent and twisted to form the basic shape. Often the armature is designed to leave one or more pins protruding from the base of the finished sculpture to facilitate attaching it to the plinth.
 

Artist's Edition.

This is a term that refers to the extra casting an artist is allowed to make after the stated edition has been sold. It is theoretically for the artists collection, but more generally to be sold because it has been a popular piece.
Traditionally editions are in nines in the Uk and America; France goes to twelve,but the artist has to state what number he is aiming for at the first casting.Unlimited ones don't have to state this but are sometimes marked in a catalogue or on the piece as unlimited.
 

assemblage

An assemblage is a sculpture constructed from found objects. Typically an assemblage does not disguise the original objects used, rather it either tries to show them in a new light, or forms a figurative sculpture from the collection of shapes.
 

carving

Carving is one of the oldest sculptural techniques. It is a reductive process; starting with a solid block, the sculptor removes material using chisels and other tools to 'reveal' the finished form. Traditional carving materials include stone, especially marble, and fine grained woods.
 

casting

Casting is a method of producing one or more copies of a sculpture. Typically, the original sculpture is modelled as usual and covered with a moulding material which sets hard when dry. The mould is then separated to release the original sculpture. Once the mould is reassembled, the casting material is poured in to the void and left to set. Traditionally, molten bronze is used as the casting material, but modern alternatives include resin. When the cast sculpture has cooled, or cured, the mould is again separated to release it, and reassembled ready to cast the next copy.
The cast sculpture may then require some finishing work to remove mould lines and other imperfections. The sculptor may also wish to patinate the work to produce the final piece....
 

Contrapposto

Contrapposto is an Italian term meaning "counterpoise" used in the visual arts to describe a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs. This gives the figure a more dynamic, or alternatively relaxed appearance. It can also encompass the tension as a figure changes from resting on a given leg to walking or running upon it (so-called ponderation).
 

Finial

a sculpted decoration at the top of a gable, spire, or arched structure.
 

Kinetic sculpture

Kinetic sculpture is sculpture which is designed to move. The movement can be driven by interaction with the viewer, or automatically using motors or air currents, as in the case of a mobile.
 

maquette

A maquette is a small scale model for a finished sculpture. It is used to visualise and test shapes and ideas without incurring the cost and effort of producing a full scale sculpture. It is the analogue of the painter's cartoon or sketch.
For commissioned sculptures, especially monumental public sculptures, a maquette may be used to show the client how the finished work will fit in the proposed site.
 

Medium: Alabaster

Usually a type of gypsum and usually white in colour. A very soft stone.
 

Medium: Arabescato marble

Arabescato is a predominately or mainly white Marble from Italy.
 

Medium: Bateig sandstone

A sandstone from the Bateig region in Spain.
 

Medium: Bath Stone

Bath Stone is a freestone, one that can be sawn or `squared up` in any direction. Sources mainly from the southwest of England. Warm and honey coloured.
 

Medium: Borriol marble

A red marble from Borriol (Castellon), Spain.
 

Medium: Brass

Brass is any alloy of copper and zinc; the proportions of zinc and copper can be varied to create a range of brasses with varying properties. In comparison, bronze is principally an alloy of copper and tin. Despite this distinction, some types of brasses are called bronzes. Brass has a muted yellow color, somewhat similar to gold. It is relatively resistant to tarnishing.
 

Medium: Bronze

Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive, but sometimes with other elements such as phosphorus, manganese, aluminum, or silicon.
 

Medium: Carrara marble

Carrara is a city in the province of Massa-Carrara (Tuscany, Italy), famous for the white or blue-gray marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione river, some 100 km west-northwest of Florence.
 

Medium: Clipsham limestone

Clipsham is a village well-known for its limestone quarries, located in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. This stone is from the Lincolnshire limestone formation.
 

Medium: Cold Cast Marble / Bronze Resin

A modern method of casting sculptures in which the casting material is a resin mixed with powdered bronze. The finished sculpture has a surface which looks very similar to a traditionally cast bronze although it tends to be much lighter.
 

Medium: Colorado Yule marble

Yule Marble is found in the West Elk Mountains of Colorado near the town of Marble, Colorado, USA. It is famous for its uniform pure white consistency.
 

Medium: Kilkenny limestone

A deep blue black to subtle blue grey material.
Suitable for indorrs and outside use. From Kilkenny, Ireland.
 

Medium: Labrador

Labrador is a type of granite, brown in colour.
 

Medium: Lepine limestone

Lépine limestone (also known as Lavoux à grain) is
a limestone with some shells. It is extracted at the Lépine quarry at Lavoux, 14 km east of Poitiers (Vienne), France. It has a uniform off-white appearance and a fine rounded texture.
 

Medium: Moleanos stone

A hard natural limestone from central Portugal. Extracted from the region around the town of Moleanos - Aljubarrota.
 

Medium: Monk`s Park Limestone

The Monks Park mine is in Wiltshire, UK.
Less durable than stones such as Portland Whit Bed. It is a fine-grained, buff coloured stone.
 

Medium: Petit Granit

Petit Granit is a black Limestone from Belgium. Also known as Nero Belga or Granit de Flandre. Can be blue or black in colour.
 

Medium: Phosphor bronze

Phosphor bronze is an alloy of copper with 3.5 to 10% of tin and a significant phosphorus content of up to 1%. The phosphorus is added as deoxidizing agent during melting.

These alloys are notable for their toughness, strength, low coefficient of friction, and fine grain. The phosphorus also improves the fluidity of the molten metal and thereby improves the castability
 

Medium: Polyphant Stone

Polyphant is a village situated 5 miles west of the town of Launceston in Cornwall, England, UK. It lies near the convergence of the River Inny and Penpont Water. A variety of Talc, it is a greyish-green potstone flecked with white and brown.
 

Medium: Richemont Stone

A type of limestone.
 

Medium: Statuario marble

A statuary marble, white typically polished marble with rare veins. From Carrara, Italy. Also known as White Statuaro, Bianco Statuario, Statuario Carrara and Statuario Extra.
 

Medium: Travertin Romano

A beige Travertine from Italy.
 

Medium: Weathering steel

Weathering steel, (best-known under the trademark Corten steel) is a group of steel alloys which were developed to obviate the need for painting, and form a stable rust-like appearance if exposed to the weather for several years. The primary alloying addition in weathering steel is 2% copper.
 

Patina

Patina is a film on the surface of the sculpture. It can be from weathering or applied by the artist.
 

Post Nominal: UBA

Union of Bulgarian Artists (UBA)
 

Post-nominal: AAEA

The American Academy of Equine Art
 

Post-nominal: AFC (WNAG)

Artists for Conservation Foundation formerly the Worldwide Nature Artists Group
 

Post-nominal: AMNS

Archives de la Manufacture Nationale de Sevres
 

Post-nominal: ARBS

Associate Royal British Society of Sculptors
 

Post-nominal: ARCA

Alumni of the Royal College of Art
 

Post-nominal: ARIBA

Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects
 

Post-nominal: ARSA

Associate Royal Scottish Academician
 

Post-nominal: ARSMA

Associate Royal Society of Marine Artists
 

Post-nominal: Artists Association in Smaland

Smålands Konstnärsförbund, (Artists association in Småland) Sweden
 

Post-nominal: ASAF

Sociétédes Artistes Français (Associate of the Society of French Artists)
 

Post-nominal: ASWA

Associate, Society of Women Artists
 

Post-nominal: ATC

Art Teachers Certificate
 

Post-nominal: BA

Bachelor of Arts
 

Post-nominal: BFA

Bachelor of Fine Arts
 

Post-nominal: CVO

Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
 

Post-nominal: DA

Diploma of Art
 

Post-nominal: DBS

Dansk Billedhuggersamfundet - The Royal Danish
Society of Sculptors.
 

Post-nominal: DFA

Doctor of Fine Arts
 

Post-nominal: Dip AD

Diploma in Art and Design
 

Post-nominal: DocFA

Doctor of Fine Arts
 

Post-nominal: FBA

Federation of British Artists
 

Post-nominal: FRBS

Fellow Royal British Society of Sculptors
 

Post-nominal: FRIBA

Fellow Royal Institute of British Architects
 

Post-nominal: FRSA

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
 

Post-nominal: FSDC

Fellow Society of Designer Craftsmen
 

Post-nominal: GradDipFA

Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts.
 

Post-nominal: HDFA

Higher Diploma in Fine Art
 

Post-nominal: HRSA

Honorary Royal Scottish Academician
 

Post-nominal: LSDC

Licentiate Society of Designer Craftsmen
 

Post-nominal: MA

Master of Arts
 

Post-nominal: MBBS

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.
 

Post-nominal: MBE

Member of the Order of the British Empire
 

Post-nominal: MEd

Master of Education
 

Post-nominal: MFA

A Master of Fine Arts, sometimes attained after achiving a BFA along with a DipFA
 

Post-nominal: MFAD

Master of Fine Art & Design
 

Post-nominal: MSDC

Member Society of Designer Craftsmen
 

Post-nominal: NDD

National Design Diploma
 

Post-nominal: NEAC

New English Art Club
 

Post-nominal: NESA

The New England Sculptors Association
 

Post-nominal: PGCE

Professional Certificate in Education (Teaching qualification)
 

Post-nominal: PGDipFA

Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Arts
 

Post-nominal: PhD

Doctor of Philosophy
 

Post-nominal: PPRBA

Past President Royal Society of British Artists
 

Post-nominal: PPRBS

Past President Royal British Society of Sculptors
 

Post-nominal: PPRIBA

Past President Royal Institute of British Architects
 

Post-nominal: PPRP

Past President Royal Society of Portrait Painters
 

Post-nominal: PPRSMA

Past President Royal Society of Marine Artists
 

Post-nominal: PPRWA

Past President The Royal West of England Academy
 

Post-nominal: PRBS

President Royal British Society of Sculptors
 

Post-nominal: PSWA

President, Society of Women Artists
 

Post-nominal: PVPSWA

Past Vice President, Society of Women Artists
 

Post-nominal: RA

Royal Academicians
 

Post-nominal: RBA

Royal Society of British Artists
 

Post-nominal: RGI

The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
 

Post-nominal: RI

The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours
 

Post-nominal: RIBA

Chartered member of the Royal Institute of British Architects
 

Post-nominal: RMS

Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers
 

Post-nominal: ROI

Royal Institute of Oil Painters
 

Post-nominal: RP

Royal Society of Portrait Painters
 

Post-nominal: RSA

Royal Scottish Academician
 

Post-nominal: RSMA

Royal Society of Marine Artists
 

Post-nominal: RSW

Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours
 

Post-nominal: RWA

The Royal West of England Academy
 

Post-nominal: SAC

Konstnärscentrum - The Swedish Artists’ Centre
 

Post-nominal: SBA

Society of Botanical Artists
 

Post-nominal: SEA

Society of Equestrian Artists
 

Post-nominal: SFP

Society of Floral Painters
 

Post-nominal: SPS

Society of Portrait Sculptors
 

Post-nominal: SSA

The Society of Scottish Artists
 

Post-nominal: SSC

Sculptors Society of Canada
 

Post-nominal: SSS

Surrey Sculpture Society.
 

Post-nominal: Swedish Sculptor Union

Skulptörförbundet - Swedish Sculptors` Association.
 

Post-nominal: SWLA

Society of Wildlife Artists
 

Post-nominal: USWA

Ulster Society of Women Artists
 

Post-nominal: VAS

Visual Arts Scotland
 

Post-nominal: VPRBS

Vice President Royal British Society of Sculptors
 

Post-nominal: VPRP

Vice President Royal Society of Portrait Painters
 

Post-nominal: VPRSMA

Vice President Royal Society of Marine Artists
 

Post-nominal: VPSWA

Vice President, Society of Women Artists
 

Verdigris

A common name for the colour green. It can be in relation to a patina colour (from brass, copper bronze when exposed ti air for a time) or the colour of the sculptures constituent resin.
 

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