Through the Eyes of a Sculptor was about the life of a sculptor and their journey from beginner to master. I also learned about restoration - a job that sculptors do beyond sculpting their own art. It was interesting to learn how fickle of a material limestone is - it has to be stored at exactly 12 Celsius!
I find this hard to believe, but I learned from the Glass and Ceramics video that some ceramic can be harder than steel. I also liked watching the heating, shaping, and cooling processes of working with glass.
In the Installation Art video, it reinforced the controversial nature of installation art and also confirmed that installation art is 3D. This reminded me of a controversy a few years back of two extremely expensive sculptures that were installed in the center of traffic circles in my hometown of Hamburg, NY - some people thought they depicted something vulgar and others thought the artist knew someone in the Hamburg government system.
To put it simply, these videos reinforce the material in the textbook. I learned more about installation art, sculptures, crafts, etc. The videos provided a "depth" to the concepts found in the book. For example, the video Through the Eyes of a Sculptor not only showed sculptor's work, but also taught us about the day to day life of a sculptor - something the book did not cover.
When I was watching the sculpture video, I really enjoyed how it talked about the daily life of a sculptor. It was interested to see his roots and where he came from - it was also interesting to see the various jobs sculptors work on. When you think of a sculptor, you usually think of an artist who creates something like a gargoyle or a human nude - I now know that sculptors also work on restoration pieces! I thought the Glass and Ceramics video was the most interesting, mostly because I find the medium of glass so interesting. Finally, the Installation art video cleared up any misconceptions I was still having about installation art - I had thought that graffiti may have been considered installation art, but it is not 3D!
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