1. The Through the Eyes of a Sculptor video was very interesting to watch. I realized how important it is to first visualize what you want to create. You want a detailed picture in your head, but you also want to be open to new ideas as well. I also learned the process of creating a sculpture. You first mold it in clay and once you apply the silicone, it will preserve the clay and you will get your negative of the sculpture. Then you are ready for the plaster, where the sculpture will "die". Lastly, it is reborn in marble. I also learned about bridges, or reinforcements, that hold the sculpture together and prevent it from breaking. The second video focused on glass and ceramics and was just as cool. I learned that glass is made from sand, but it's really a liquid that, when stiffened by a cool element, becomes glass. You harden it by a furnace. You can shape your glass by a number of different ways one being a propane torch. I also learned about laminated glass and double glass, which is air molecules sandwiched by two sheets of glass.
2. These videos directly relate to chapter 11 and 12 because they were talking about glass and crafts. Both of these videos were discussing elements of art and are considered fine arts in my opinion. Ceramics is also a craft that chapter 12 was talking about.
3. Again, I found these videos fascinating and I learned a lot. I definitely could tell others about the sculpture making process because of this video and how glass is made. I actually connected with the glass video because about 10 years ago, I went to the Corning museum of glass and I got to make a sketch of a sculpture and then watch them make it in front of the audience. It was very cool.
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