Living Materials: A Sculptor's Handbook

by Oliver Andrews

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 creation how best to work with, or against, its characteristics. In this generously illustrated studio manual, sculptor Oliver Andrews takes a new approach to sculpture, focusing on how the innate assertiveness of materials affects the complex act of making...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520034473
• ISBN13: 9780520034471
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.