Video

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

In the sculpture video some key concepts to creating a sculpture is planning and sketching the piece of work exactly how you see it in your head. Artisan is a word described as crafts person and is a term to any craft.  Creating a sculpture there are specialist that work on certain areas of it. The different specialist have jobs such as the hairstyles, draping, face, hands, or shape of the sculpture.  There are various stages to sculpting from measuring to filing.

Glassblowing is the oldest man-made material. It is sand that is turned into a liquid and then put onto a stick and blowing occurs in the stick as they roll is on either wet newspaper or a metal plate.  Glass has functions to them such as reflection for keeping the warm air out and at night it prevents the heat from escaping the building. Sandwiching air between two pieces of glass helps with the reflection.

Installation defines space and has the sculpture around you. It is three dimensional that interacts with the environment as a whole.

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

            Sculpting related to the reading is that there is an ambiguous, porous relationship to life. The art pieces are wholly to our world. Also it is close to life itself.

Glassblowing is known as a craft, it is hand-made and created to the persons liking.

Looking at the pictures and watching the video shows a connection to how installation can bring the outside world in. I think installation should be done in every building. I would like to be in a building with the outside world in.

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

Watching the sculpting video I could not keep my eyes off of Emmanuel sculpting. I thought the most interesting part was the finishing touches. I like how he made the body look exactly like a body from the shape of muscles even the skin on the body looked so smooth.

Watching the glass blowing makes me want to go try it. I never knew that it started off as sand. I always knew that it was put in to fire but I did not realize that they put it back in the fire at the end to make sure that stability is good. I would love to try glass blowing. I wonder if there is a place around here to do it. I am going to have to look in to that.

I never realized what installation was, when I look around my environment I see installation everywhere. Knowing these definitions really help put a connection to things. Watching the videos helps understand the material a lot more effectively.