Who is a sculptor and what do they do? A sculptor is a creative artist who creates various objects, figures, phenomena, in the form of three-dimensional objects. A sculptor is most often freelance but may also work as a teacher.
What are the activities of the sculptor job? Modelling, carving, chiselling, moulding, casting in a variety of media that include metal, stone wood or clay and other materials. S/he presents results of her/his artistic work in exhibitions and other artistic events (performances, installations etc.) based on which s/he may be invited to co-operate in projects providing opportunities or commissions to engage her/his work within a wider artistic context.
Where is it done and under what conditions? In a studio. The working environment of the sculptor makes quite a lot of demands in terms of space and technological equipment. Apart from a modest and quiet room for sketching and modelling, the sculptor needs a convenient space to execute the original clay or plaster model in permanent materials (stone, wood or bronze etc.). Gradually, casting in bronze and, partly, also stone sculpture, have become practically separate, while the new technological equipment of current sculptors’ studios includes e.g. welding, processing of soft plastics and other technologies.
What tools/equipment do they use? All that has a decisive bearing on the use of working tools which include, apart from the traditional chisels, hammers, modelling spatulas, wood carving knives, plaster and clay, also technologies and materials typical rather of a forge or welding shop.
What do you need to succeed? You need a talent for visual arts in the first place, physical fitness, manual dexterity, an awareness of new technologies, innovative materials, familiarity with the history of art and history of technological procedures and their use, a sense of detail and space.