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Sawdust as a Medium for Sculpture
Subject area: Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities · Area of research: Fine and Applied Arts
Abstract
This research focused on the exploration of saw dust as art materials for sculpture. It entails studying the medium and how it could be manipulated for well-expressed artistic statement. Different sizes and forms of wood shavings were used in the experiments though other materials were added occasionally. The problem of the study is based on the assumption that the researcher wants to discover the extent in which wood shavings can be manipulated for eloquent artistic statement informed the drive to explore the material in several ways. The research used library research method. The review helped the researcher to ascertain the extent and direction of which other artists have gone in experimenting with wood shavings. This study concludes that wood shaving can be momentary or lasting; it can at once excavate the past and invade the future both as an art material and as a by-product. Wood shaving as a substitute for wooden objects has now brought wood back, though not in totality. It once existed as a material for work and also imposed the quest for further research on usage of wood. The works produced with the material (wood shavings) in this project have drawn attention to wood shavings as an unconventional material for sculpture and to the necessity for recycling wastes.
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How to cite this paper
@article{1704304,
author = {Nzoiwu, Azuka Abigail PhD, Okpala, Uzochukwu Temple},
title = {Sawdust as a Medium for Sculpture},
journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
year = {2023},
volume = {6},
number = {10},
pages = {518-528},
issn = {2456-8880},
url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1704304.pdf},
abstract = {This research focused on the exploration of saw dust as art materials for sculpture. It entails studying the medium and how it could be manipulated for well-expressed artistic statement. Different sizes and forms of wood shavings were used in the experiments though other materials were added occasionally. The problem of the study is based on the assumption that the researcher wants to discover the extent in which wood shavings can be manipulated for eloquent artistic statement informed the drive to explore the material in several ways. The research used library research method. The review helped the researcher to ascertain the extent and direction of which other artists have gone in experimenting with wood shavings. This study concludes that wood shaving can be momentary or lasting; it can at once excavate the past and invade the future both as an art material and as a by-product. Wood shaving as a substitute for wooden objects has now brought wood back, though not in totality. It once existed as a material for work and also imposed the quest for further research on usage of wood. The works produced with the material (wood shavings) in this project have drawn attention to wood shavings as an unconventional material for sculpture and to the necessity for recycling wastes.},
month = {April},
}