11.     Through The Eyes Of A Sculptor

This video held an interesting perspective on sculpting, instead of just listing facts about sculpting and the steps behind making a sculptor the video showed the personal experience of being a sculptor. There are multiply people that are behind making a sculpture besides just the actual sculpture, there are the people who add on the clay before the marble, there are the people who help find the right marble for the artist. That was one of the most interesting parts of the video – watching the sculpture try and find the perfect marble he envisioned for this piece of art.

   The Glass and Ceramics video

This video was extremely interesting because people often don’t think about how glass objects are made and the technique is takes to make simple objects such as glasses. Watching the work it takes behind making a stained glass window was also beautiful. Ceramics is another art that takes a lot of work and is often underrated. Clay played a big role is both stained glass windows and ceramics, helping the objects hold their form and shape. Temperature also played a large role in making ceramics strongly hold their shape. The evolution of ceramics is also interesting, the way ceramics is used in the medical field, cats and even in a kitchen at home. It is more than just a form of art.

2.     The videos relate to the text in many ways. The book discusses how clay is made and the different techniques such as slab construction and coiling. The book reading goes more in depth on the history behind clay and the uses for them. The book, like the video, discusses stained glass and the technique behind it. The importance of light against and through glass is also brought up in both the video and text.

3.   The films were both full of information that I did not know before. The sculpture video emphasized how much work goes into making one sculpture, a lot of work and people go into one piece of art that is a sculpture than I had realized before. The ceramics video was a lot more interesting to me, I saw how much work goes into ceramics and that it is a lot bigger than just a form of art where people making little objects and/or ceramic pots. Ceramics are in almost every aspect of life, when the video showed how it has helped in medicine, at home and on the road in cars. The videos have added depth to the understanding of craft, sculpture and installation. The videos helped understand the hard work and skill it takes to make a sculpture.