5/05/2013

What You Might Like To Know About Relief Art

By Wanda Vaughn


Relief art is a technique that is used in sculpting. The aim of this technique is to make the picture look as if it is raised off of the base. When this is done, the sculptor begins with a flat slab of the material that they plan to use, and then the raised shape is carved out of this surface.

Then, of course, the shape will appear to be raised against the base. For this technique. There are a number of materials that are very commonly used. This includes things like papier mache, clay and bronze. If a material is malleable, however, it can be that some of it is added to it.

You will find that there are different kinds of relief states, and these have their own terms. This depends on how much of the raising is visible. The highest degree is where you can see fifty percent of the depth, which can often mean that sections of the work have been undercut.

For less of a raise in the surface, there is also the mid and the low states, which are less likely to be undercut. The lowest you can get is shallow relief, which means that the surface just appears to have been scratched. Beyond this, you can have the option of it being sunk, which means that the design is actually lower than the surface of your block.

Throughout the world and history, this is a commonly seen kind of sculpting, and you might have seen it in a number of places. In particular, it has been used for building walls. Narratives and tales have been shown many times through this method, with the story being told along the stretch of the wall.

Often, this would show you the scene of a battle, and the set-up, here, allows this to be well displayed. Dynamic poses and a lot of figures can be shown well, here, with the use of this method. It was also very common for them to be painted, and this is particularly true for the places where the sculpting is shallow.

As well as figures, foliage and abstract patterns have also been popular for this method. These kind of intricate designs work well with the kind of detail that this can bring to them. Particularly in more complex works, there can be different degrees of relief in the same piece.

This is an interesting method to use if your design involves a figure that leans out from the surface. This is not only something that is relegated to art, though. It can also be seen in the use of coins, although the depth is, obviously, very shallow. The coin seems three-dimensional from the front.

From the side, however, the design appears to be completely flat. Some designs of this technique are complex enough that they distort depth, and this can be expensive to product, as well as require a lot of skill. Many have gone for more simple designs, however. It can be preferable to do that if you are working with something small or if the result is going to be mass produced. Relief art has been used for a long time, and there are many resources around if you want to know more.




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