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  • The Art Gallery of Burlington is Burlington's public art gallery and community centre. We are a place where creators, cultures and communities meet and share in the wealth of human creativity.
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  • Up your art appreciation. Featuring masterpieces from 250+ of the world's greatest artists, this in-depth guide to the practical skill of viewing art will help you reach new levels of appreciation.
    Streaming Video[United States] : The Great Courses, 2021. — HOOPLA
  • Making Ceramic Sculpture

    Techniques, Projects, Inspirations

    Acero, Rául
    Learn how to handbuild hollow sculptures using slab, pinch, and coil. Discover which types of clay, firing techniques, and surface treatments work best with sculpture. For inspiration, there's a glorious color gallery of some of the best…
    BookNew York : Lark Books, c2001. — 731.4 ACE
  • With its exclusive focus on sculpture and its multifaceted coverage, this reference affords access to a broad range of viewpoints and an international context for understanding the subject.
    BookNew York : Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004- — 735.03 ENC V03
  • This collection introduces readers to the artists and works that make sculpture such an exciting medium to explore. Each work is presented in spreads that offer beautiful photographs, biographical profiles of the artists, historical…
    BookMunich ; London : Prestel, 2009. — 730 FIF
  • Sculpting Basics

    Everything You Need to Know to Create Fantastic Three-dimensional Art

    Hessenberg, Karin
    An introduction to sculpting discusses clay modeling, molding, and casting and includes projects using wire mesh, wood, and other objects to illustrate direct building techniques.
    BookHauppauge, NY : Barron's, c2005. — 731.028 HES
  • Presents a history of the art form, discussing its development; influential artists; different types of materials used; and the changes in style, tools, and techniques over time.
    BookSan Diego, CA : ReferencePoint Press, Inc., [2015] — 730 KAL
  • Street Craft

    Guerrilla Gardening, Yarnbombing, Light Graffiti, Street Sculpture and More

    Kuittinen, Riikka
    Provides an introduction to over twenty street artists, who work in sculpture, yarn, paint, and clay.
    BookNew York : Thames & Hudson, 2015. — 751.73 KUI
  • Cast and carve, weld and mold, model and rivet: whichever method you choose, sculpting is intense and rewarding. From assemblage to brazing, more than 30 techniques unfold in these beautifully illustrated pages.
    BookPhiladelphia : Running Press, 1995. — 731.028 PLO
  • The Inuit Imagination

    Myth and Sculpture in the Canadian North

    Seidelman, Harold
    This lavishly illustrated book combines representations of contemporary Inuit sculpture with traditional stories, songs, and oral reminiscences that give meaning and cultural context to this internationally popular and flourishing form.
    BookVancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, 1993. — 730.89971071 SEI
  • An authoritative survey of sculpture's coming of age in Canada. Found in public spaces and parks, art galleries and university buildings, along riverbanks as well as in city squares, private gardens and even underwater. The cover sculpture…
    BookMadeira Park, British Columbia : Douglas & McIntyre, [2017] — 730.971 TIP
  • The Figure in Clay

    Contemporary Sculpting Techniques by Master Artists

    Tourtillott, Suzanne J. E.
    Nine master ceramic artists present their personal approaches to sculpting the human figure in a spectacular volume that's both technically illuminating and visually inspirational.
    BookNew York : Lark Books, c2005. — 731.82 TOU