Living Materials: A Sculptor's Handbook

by Oliver Andrews

Book Overview

Every material has an active presence and every material is susceptible to change. The task of the sculptor is to understand the natural properties of a chosen material, to know in the process of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520064526
• ISBN13: 9780520064522
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

The Nitty-Gritty

These details relate to the University of California hardback edition. A comprehensive and detailed analysis of "the bewildering wealth of sculpture materials." Each chapter focuses on a certain type of material, obtaining it, using it, altering it, linking it with other media -- the whole magilla. 349 pp with over 425 b & w illustrations: photos, drawings, technical drawings, tables. Bibliography and list of suppliers (now dated) at the end of each chapter. Hardback, cloth over boards in dustjacket. Index.

supurb book that covers both modern and antique materials

This is a supurb reference book for a working sculptor. It covers stone and wood carving, as well as most major 20th century materials, from plastics to masonry to metal fabrication techniques. Nothing on fabrics or paper though. The illustrations are exciting and fairly thorough, with an emphasis is on innovative work. This is the one book I would want to take with me if shipwrecked on a desert island!