Sentences with phrase «material roughness»

American artist Allyson Vieira creates sculptural installations endowed with formal austerity and material roughness, evoking disparate modes of ancient Greek and Roman art.

There is a material roughness to her pieces, which she describes as «very physical objects».

Not exact matches

Once the researchers figured out the optimal size to use for the repeating structures, they performed optical testing to determine whether characteristics such as surface roughness or the material's light absorption would cause unexpected optical problems.

Some of the lubricant forms a thin, liquid layer and smooths out any microscopic roughness on the material's surface; the rest creates a reservoir within the material's pores.

Materials • Two «two - by - four» or similar size wood planks, about one half meter long works best • Small plastic tub with lid • Sand or another dense material to fill the tub • Water • Freezer • Books • Ruler • Protractor • A carpeted area or a rug that can get damp (or a protective covering, such as a large plastic trash bag) Preparation • Make sure that the pieces of wood have surfaces that are similar in roughness and are about the same length and width.

The surface roughness of the material, induced by the introduction of graphene, causes bacterial walls to be burst while simultaneously allowing the heart cells to multiply and grow.

It's formulaic sitcom material that works thanks to Hughes» inventive situations, Dragoti's (The Man with One Red Shoe, Necessary Roughness) ability to merge the comedy with musical cues and sight gags, and a very appealing cast of actors.

DTV is usually attributed to the following causes: waviness and roughness of disc surface, [55] misalignment of axis (runout), elastic deflection, wear and friction material transfers.

For Kentridge, an opera must «meet a material for it to take fire — with Wozzeck, it's the roughness of charcoal drawing.

His materials retain a roughness and still bear errors: smudges, scratches, dirt and fingerprints on items that, like money, are passed through many hands.

Neither does the application of material seek to impress upon the viewer any kind of virtuosity or meticulousness — characterized by a certain roughness, and a flaunting of ease, these artworks are not about the accumulation of steady labor.

The film and photographic material from his «building cuts» projects is combined with the experimental roughness of the architectural cuts, constituting a denunciation of the function of conventional architecture.

Materials used combine aspects of delicacy and roughness.

Hence, the use of galvanized steel for the facade, which patinates in a raw way and retains the original harbour character and material feel, lending a roughness and raw beauty to the area, as in its industrial past.

«Lightness and heaviness, lines and lumps, smoothness and roughness, coldness and warmth — all materials and forms balance through the course of colliding and confronting within one volume,» says Song.

«This roughness of the materials when they come from artisans hands is what I want to show in my pieces,» she says.