Bought Materials 3D

So last time we talked about sculptures with found materials and the last one was a bought material which leads us to today's topic of sculpture with bought materials. I mentioned doing sculpture with wire and paper last time, well there are many forms of sculpture that can be done with bought materials.

1. Soap Stone or Soap or Wax

This is going to probably be a very small sculpture as soap does not come in large amounts unless you make it yourself or combine multiple pieces and soap stone is expensive. So you will want to give your students a small amount. this would be great for creating small tokens or beads for a project. Using heat tools would be useful for soap or wax allowing students to slowly take away soap or wax or build easily. A file can also be used on all three materials to help with the process of creating a small scale sculpture.

(Soap Stone)

(Soap)

(Wax)

2. Plaster 

Plaster can be fairly inexpensive and easy to deal with although it is messy and requires a lot of clean up. Put plaster in a five gallon bucket let it set and release it from the bucket for students to carve from for a project.

3. Metal

There are lots of things that you can do with metal from jewelry making to large scale sculptural installations. But projects such as these can be a simple as using wire to create sculptures to welding pieces together. This will vary depending on your skill and your ability to bring in an artist who might be able to help with student's work. Wire sculptures are the way to go. You'll need plyers and a base for students to work on.