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Wire sculpture is the creation of sculpture out of wire. The use of metal wire in jewelry dates back to the 2nd Dynasty in Egypt and to the Bronze and Iron Ages in Europe. [ 1 ] In the 20th century, the works of Alexander Calder , Ruth Asawa , and other modern practitioners developed the medium of wire sculpture as an art form.
Tree shaping (also known by several other alternative names) uses living trees and other woody plants as the medium to create structures and art. There are a few different methods [2] used by the various artists to shape their trees, which share a common heritage with other artistic horticultural and agricultural practices, such as pleaching, bonsai, espalier, and topiary, and employing some ...
Robin Wight has created four Dancing with Dandelions sculptures, which he calls "One O'clock Wish ". He called it his signature piece and has said it is the most requested sculpture. He claims that a 20 second video of the sculpture he called Living the Dream went viral in 2014. [1] Wight creates sculptures of fairies with dandelions.
Meet Gabi Rizea, a 42-year-old artist from Romania, who uses his chainsaw skills to turn trees into beautiful sculptures
The wire is affixed to a base which is usually made of wood. The artist then begins fleshing out the sculpture by adding wax or clay over the wire. Depending on the material and technique, the armature may be left buried within the sculpture but, if the sculpture is to be hollowed out for firing, it must 1 be removed.
Living sculpture is any type of sculpture that is created with living, growing grasses, vines, plants or trees.It can be functional and/or ornamental. There are several different types of living sculpture techniques, including topiary (prune plants or train them over frames), sod works (create sculptures using soil and grass or moss), tree shaping (growing designs with living trees) and mowing ...
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Reed initially designed nature-inspired furniture, [3] casting all of his bronze sculptures himself in studio. [4] [page needed] Reed is known for his tree sculptures in forged steel, the individual branches heated in the forge and then tapered on the anvil, giving the appearance of a "fluid shape of the tree beginning to 'grow'".