{"product_id":"2940014991667","title":"The DIY Sculpture Book","description":"Sculpture is the art of creating a three-dimensional artwork. Sculptures can be created by shaping any hard\u003cbr\u003ematerial, commonly stone (either granite or marble), metal, or wood. Artists can also create sculptures using\u003cbr\u003ematerials like plastic or clay that can be made hard after they are shaped. Sculptures can also be made from wire\u003cbr\u003eor other materials. Some sculptors specialize in using “found objects” or other unusual materials to make modern\u003cbr\u003esculptures that use traditional techniques but new materials.\u003cbr\u003eSculpture is one of the earliest known forms of art, with some sculptures dating back to the earliest known\u003cbr\u003ecivilizations. Throughout the centuries sculpture has remained popular as a means of expressing religious beliefs,\u003cbr\u003eas a way of teaching people lessons about morality and acceptable social interaction, as a means of decorating\u003cbr\u003ehomes and useful objects, and as a way of remembering the dead.\u003cbr\u003eToday there are examples of sculptures from civilizations around the world that can be seen in museums or\u003cbr\u003eas part of landscaping outside buildings and in gardens and parks. People have used sculptures to ornament\u003cbr\u003ebuildings and grounds for centuries. We often don’t really notice how much sculpture there is around us, but if we\u003cbr\u003estart to be consciously aware of them, we would see so many examples of sculpture.\u003cbr\u003eUsing sculptures in homes and gardens as decorations is quickly becoming more popular because people are\u003cbr\u003efocusing more on making their homes more decorative, more comfortable, and more expressive of the homeowner’s\u003cbr\u003eunique personality.\u003cbr\u003eSculpting as an art form is considered a fine art, and many sculptors spend years learning ancient sculpting\u003cbr\u003etechniques and learning to express their own artistic visions through metal, stone, wood and plaster. The process\u003cbr\u003eof sculpting is a long and intricate one, and there are lots of steps involved in creating the final three dimensional\u003cbr\u003efigures that gets exhibited and displayed. There are higher education programs that are devoted to teaching\u003cbr\u003ethe art of sculpting but many great sculptors are self –taught using the same methods that the great sculptors\u003cbr\u003ethroughout history used.","brand":"Henry Lui","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080495513840,"sku":"2940014991667","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014991667_p0.jpg?v=1763617970","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014991667","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}