Words related to sculpture

1. Vent: passages in mold through which gases escape during casting
2. Spall: chip or splinter broken from stone during carving
3. Grounding : finely polishing marble
4. Gradine : toothed chisel
5. Gouge : curved chisel
6. Foundry: process of melting, casting or molding metals
7. File: abrasive metal tool for smoothing and shaping
8. Emboss: decorate with low relief design
9. Alabaster : transparent marble like stone for carving
10. Annealing: softening of hammer hardened metal by heating and gradual cooling
11. Armature: framework used to support sculpture in modeling process
12. Banker: sculptor’s workbench for dressing stones
13. Carving: cutting away stones or wood to three dimensional forms
14. Casting: reproduction technique using a mold
15. Chase : finish metal surface
16. Chisel : sharp metal carving tool
17. Drill: tool for boring holes in wood
18. Electrum: alloy of gold and silver for fine sculptural details
19. Totem : carved emblem especially of animal and plant form
20. Statuary: groups of statues
21. Discobolus : statue of athlete about to toss
22. Colossus: extremely large scale sculpture
23. Bust : sculpture of upper part of the body
24. Akrolith: statue made of two materials
25. Colossus : extremely large scale sculpture

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