Relief Sculpture

1st Sculpture project

1. Relief
Sculpture

2. Relief Sculpture
•A modeled form is raised or lowered from a
flattened background without being
disconnected from it.
•There are 3 degrees of relief sculpture:
•High
•Low
•Sunken

3. High Relief:
Forms stand far out from the background.

4. High Relief

5. High Relief

6. High Relief

7. High Relief

8. Low Relief:
Forms are only slightly raised from the background.

9. Low Relief

10. Low Relief

11. Low Relief

12. Low Relief

13. Low Relief

14. Sunken Relief:
Forms are hollow within the background.

15. Sunken Relief

16. Sunken Relief

17. Faces

23. Your Assignment :)
•You will create a low relief sculpture that must
include a:
1. Face
2. Text: words & phrases that describe you or
matter to you.
3. Interesting background….