Sculpting and Ceramics

1. Key concepts I learned throughout the videos were mainly how to sculpt and how to make ceramics. They expressed the tools that are used to carve for sculpting, and the tools that are used to shape glass and ceramic. They showed the different materials these art forms can be created with and how when dealing with glass and ceramics, heat is a major component. The point that these pieces are fragile and incredibly delicate was stressed.

2. The videos related very closely to the text. I felt as though they went more into a visual depth of what was explained in the text such as the process of sculpting and ceramics. Many of the same things were mentioned such as materials/tools used in these processes and that heat is a major component and some of the history behind why these pieces of art are still being made today and where they originated.

3. I liked the films. I liked how the one film went through the process of sculpting and what tools to use to do so. I have had very limited experiences with this. It was also cool in the other video to see the glass and clay being formed. I am very interested in stained glass windows. I did not even know about the steel that goes between each piece to hold them together. It was nice to read about the processes of making these art forms and then be able to see them in action.