Sentences with phrase «carved wood constructions»

Partly due to the shortage of sheet aluminium, but mostly to his own desire to reconsider his process during wartime, Calder experimented with the carved wood constructions known as Constellations, as well as the bronzes that he had first considered in the mid-1930s.

Not exact matches

If you take the bus from Cusco to Puno, the first stop will be in the picturesque and cozy town of Andahuaylillas to visit the Sistine Chapel of America (named for its beautiful murals, paintings of the Cusco school, its beautiful images and its magnificent works in wood), then visit the Inca Temple of Raqchi dedicated to the god Inca Wiracocha, built in Inca imperial style (finely carved stones) and has pre Inca and Inca constructions that were used as religious, administrative and monitoring center in the ancient Inca empire.

One thing that I think could be woven in is «practical art» — like pottery dishes with coordinating decorative pieces and that are very decorative by themselves; Specific «rite of passage» art and the meaning behind it, as Melissa's ketubah art; and I the American quilt is an art form, as is weavings and wood carving and fabric constructions across many cultures... perhaps the «niche» TAA would best fit is a person whose basic needs have been accomplished (like clean water, food, shelter) and they are ready to move into becoming self - sufficient through their artistic trade.

One of Andre's early carvings, Last Ladder was made by cutting a series of concave forms into a rough - hewn beam of wood that had been salvaged from a construction site.

Deacon describes himself as a «fabricator», emphasising the construction behind the finished object — although many of the works are indeed cast, modelled or carved by hand — and accordingly the logic of the fabrication is often exposed: sinuous curved forms might be bound by glue oozing between layers of wood or have screws and rivets protruding from sheets of steel, wearing their hearts on their sleeves.

Locality serves as the frame for Herbert Singleton's carved wooden reliefs that draw upon New Orleans, and its black mourning and spiritual practices, and Chicagoan Eddie Harris's wood construction that channels Black Power and that reimagines Batman as a totem for resistance.

Thus, the exhibition is allied to an aesthetic that favors the artisanal over the industrial: carved and turned wood, folded brass, serigraphy on linen and paper, metal and plywood constructions as well as a pearl with a silver center originating from a 16 mm black and white positive.

The charm of our dining bench comes from reclaimed peroba wood construction highlighted with a beautiful hand carved leg detail and natural beeswax finish.