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Sculpture

Sculpture - is three-dimensional
artwork created by shaping or
combining hard materials,
typically stone such as marble,
metal, glass, or wood, or plastic
materials such as clay, textiles,
polymers and softer metals.
Carving -is one of
the techniques
used in sculpture.
Carving
Carving-is the act of
using tools to shape
something from a
material by scraping
away portions of that
material
Kinds of carving
Bone carving
Chip carving
Gourd carving or Gourd art
Ice carving or Ice sculpture
Ivory carving
Stone carving
Petroglyph
Vegetable carving
Wood carving
Hobo nickel
Stone
Carving
Stone- carving is an
ancient activity where
pieces of rough
natural stone are
shaped by the
controlled removal of
stone.
Wood
Carving
Wood carving is a form of
working wood by means of a
cutting tool (knife or chisel)
resulting in a wooden figure or
figurine, or in the sculptural
ornamentation of a wooden
object.
CARVING TOOLS
Carving Knives
IFUGAO SCULPTURE
Bulul or Bulol
The Bul-ul or Bulol is an
Ifugao anthropomorphic
carving that symbolizes
an Ifugao rice god or
guardian spirits.
Bulul is a
simplified shape
of a human being,
whether male or
female.
It also signifies
fertility and is
sometimes believed
to house spirits of
ancestors.
. Bulols are kept in
the house or
granary, and are
usually made in
pairs.
Bululs" placed in rice
granaries are
considered guardians
of
the harvest
Chimeras
Wood carving of half human
and half animal (a man-dog; a
man-frog; a man-butterfly; a
woman with goat horns and
crab legs; a crocodile partly
human; duck and snake)
POTTERY
is the art of making
objects from hard clay
by exposing them to
heat or fire.
Pottery are objects that are first shaped of wet clay, then
hardened by baking. Pottery includes both decorative and
practical items such as bowls, vases, dishes, and lamps
Burnay Jar
of Vigan
Ilocos Sur
Burnay-are
earthen jars of
Ilocos with small
openings.
Wagging- is a
jar with bigger
mouths
In the early years, the burnay,
locally known as tapayan or
banga, was used for storage
of water, rice grains, basi
(sugarcane wine) and
condiments like salt and
bagoong (fish paste).
The burnay is
made of clay
mashed by
carabaos and
mixed with sand.
It is made using
Potter's wheel -a
machine used in
making clayware.

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