insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 06 - August 2015 | Page 13

ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT

GETTING STARTED…

with

SCULPTING

Waiting Miner, Kent

If you are looking for a new hobby, and you want it to be artistic but aren’t sure how to narrow
your choices down, why not try sculpting? It's possibly the most diverse of all the artistic
endeavours out there since as long as you can create a three dimensional piece of artwork, it
doesn’t matter what you make it out of, what the subject matter is, or even the size. Indoor,
outdoor, on the head of a pin or an enormous creation that takes one’s breath away – the
choice is yours. You just need to make a start. BY LISAMARIE LAMB

Picasso once said that “sculpture is the art of
the intelligence”, and Philip Guston suggested
that it is an art form in which “the individual alone
can make something with not just his hands, but
brains, imagination, heart maybe”. It’s true; before
any piece of sculpture can be started, it needs
to be thought about. An expert sculptor is said
to have the ability to loo