Modeling techniques and plastic methods in the creation of Moldovan sculptural portraits

Abstract

“In many respects the expressiveness of sculpture depends on the correspondence between the idea and material,” wrote the great Russian sculptor S.T. Konenkov. This undeniable truth determined the nature of this research, in which we set out to trace how modeling techniques contributed to plastic methods, to what extent the idea of a sculptural work was brought to life with the help of skillfully processed material. So, regardless of the material and technique chosen by the author, a sculptural portrait presupposes the presence of classical research as a shape, volume, texture and last but not least, psychological expressiveness. Sculptural portraits are not viable without a complex psychological interpretation. Thus, the choice made by the sculptor in favor of this or that technique, this or that material becomes important. The ideas of the work and the final results are foreseen by the author since the execution of the drawing or sketch in clay or plasticine. Thus, an idea originally conceived in the form of a sketch follows a complicated and winding path until it reaches the final phase. And the skillful embodiment of the initial idea depends only on the skills of the sculptor, and there are many techniques for creating a work, from which the master chooses the best one.