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sculptor

[skuhlp-ter] / ˈskʌlp tər /
NOUN
sculpture maker
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After the death of her lover, Romanian sculptor George Apostu, whose rough-hewn wood sculptures still populate the house’s patio, Caland’s children encouraged yet another departure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Visitors can trade $5 for a small black sphinx, a replica of sculptor Lee Lawrie’s Belgian black marble and bronze sphinxes that flank the north staircase on the library’s second floor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

A scale model by sculptor Adam Matejowski was installed on the site in 2024 as a preview of the giant monument.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

His collection was a nod to the American sculptor Lynda Benglis and featured accordion-like dresses, skirts and accessories.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

But after seeing that sculptor sketch, my eyes got swapped again.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

Steel and RJR Nabisco, making bankers powerful sculptors of America’s industrial might.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

One of the detainees was 16-year-old Ruth Asawa, one of America’s most celebrated sculptors.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Most sculptors did not carve their own marble copies, but Stebbins insisted on doing so herself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Gill was among the most prominent sculptors of the 20th Century.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2025

“It is a marvelously small ear, and at the top it is shaped and carved after the fashion in which old sculptors indicated deviltry and vice in their statues of satyrs.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

They actually orbit each other, and as R Sculptoris dances in a circle, the wind that blows off from it forms a spiral pattern like a garden sprinkler shooting out water.

From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2012

About 7° south-east of α is the red and variable star R Sculptoris; variable from 6·2 to 8·8 magnitude, with a period of about 376 days.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore




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