Glossary

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Anima and Animus
Applied Aesthetics
armature
Artist’s Edition.
assemblage
Association: ACID/A©ID
carving
casting
Contrapposto
Finial
Finish: Patina
Finish: Verdigris
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Kinetic sculpture
maquette
Medium: Alabaster
Medium: Arabescato marble
Medium: Bateig sandstone
Medium: Bath Stone
Medium: Borriol marble
Medium: Brass
Medium: Bronze
Medium: Carrara marble
Medium: Cement (Winerstone)
Medium: Clipsham limestone
Medium: Clunch
Medium: Cold Cast Marble / Bronze Resin
Medium: Colorado Yule marble
Medium: Crystacal plaster
Medium: GRP
Medium: Hydrocal
Medium: Kilkenny limestone
Medium: Labrador
Medium: Lepine limestone
Medium: Moleanos stone
Medium: Monks Park Limestone
Medium: Petit Granit
Medium: Phosphor bronze
Medium: Plaster (Gypsum Crystacal R)
Medium: Polyphant Stone
Medium: Richemont Stone
Medium: Statuario marble
Medium: Steel (Weathering / Corten)
Medium: Travertin Romano
Medium: Winterstone
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Repoussé
Surreal

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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.

Applied Aesthetics

This refers in technical terms where a sculpture can be used for something useful like somewhere to sit, use as a gate, a door or as a table etc.
Conversley some thing that has a very high design, artistic or architectural element whilst still retaining its usefulness.

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.

Association: ACID/A©ID

Anti Copying In Design. (http://www.acid.uk.com/)

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.

Finish: Patina

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

Finish: 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.

Hyper Link

A Hyperlink is a swift connection between 2 or more websites…www.sausmarezmanor.co.uk

Hyper Link

A Hyperlink is a swift connection between 2 or more websites…www.sausmarezmanor.co.uk

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: Cement (Winerstone)

Winterstone is a sculpting medium developed by Sculptor, Lorne P. Winters, for direct modeling of finished sculpture.

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: Clunch

Clunch is a traditional building material of chalky limestone rock used mainly in eastern England and Normandy.

Medium: Cold Cast Marble / Bronze Resin

A modern method of casting sculptures in which the casting material is a resin mixed with powdered Bronze, Marble, Limestone, Copper, Iron Aluminium, and any other material mentioned . The finished sculpture has a surface which looks very similar to a traditionally cast bronze or stone etc. Although it tends to be much lighter, it weathers in much the same way as its parent. the price is often considerably different. It depends on the cost of the non resin element. for instance stone and stone resin is about half to a 3rd, while Bronze with its high Copper content can be a difference of 4 times.
There is a wide variety of terms for this mix in different countries, however ‘Cold Cast Bronze’ and ‘Bronze Resin’ are the generally accepted synonyms. If you have any doubt email me on peter@artparks.co.uk

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: Crystacal plaster

A type of medium that is cast, that has high strength and a hard surface. Its main constituent is high purity gypsum mineral.

Medium: GRP

Composite plastic fiberglass-reinforced polyester.

Medium: Hydrocal

Hydrocal is a brandname plaster. A white gypsum cement.

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: Monks 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: Plaster (Gypsum Crystacal R)

Crystacal R used for Displayware, giftware, chess pieces etc, reusable moulds; slower drying in slip moulds and slightly better definition than Herculite No 2, and much-favoured for life-casting work.

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: Steel (Weathering / Corten)

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.

Medium: Travertin Romano

A beige Travertine from Italy.

Medium: Winterstone

This is a superb new material sculptors are using to make their art. It is a powder to which water is added and which gradually hardens during which time it can be sculpted and maniputlated into any shape and which can have colour added to it at any time during the process.
Once it has hardened it can be carved like any other stone. It can be smoothed, polished and waxed and or coloured. Very versatile.
It can also be soaked into fabric like burlap or hessian to give an interesting and strong weather proof finish. See work by Roger Golden.