Sculpture

When we sculpt something with our hands, it’s as if we’re bringing something to life. When we carve it, mold it with our fingers, or click the pieces together (as with Legos), we give reality to our imagination–making it physical, tangible.

Sculpting can be as simple as binding sticks together, or as complex as building a robot. The fun part about it is that we see it come to life before our eyes, interacting with it during the creative process.

When we mess up, we can take the sculpture apart, or just a piece of it. With clay, we roll it up into a ball, stretch it, pull it apart, then press it together again until it’s the shape we want it to be. With wood, it’s cut and sanded and glued together with other pieces of wood. Regardless of the material, whether it be metal, glass, or plastic, raw material is turned into something creative, coexisting with us and the environment as an entity drawn from our imagination.