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sculpture

[skuhlp-cher] / ˈskʌlp tʃər /
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form a three-dimensional art object
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Much like paper must be folded into the correct shape to create an origami sculpture, proteins inside cells must form precise three-dimensional structures before they can function properly.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

The doorbell went again and a walking sculpture dressed in an Anne Boleyn-style quilted dress with beaded face mask appeared.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

The artist’s eponymous 2025 sculpture, crowned with an array of Bantu knots, ties the entire show together, joining materiality, traditional cultural identity, and the outward-looking nature of the exhibition in a single work.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

KAWS’ body of work spans more than 25 years and includes painting, sculpture and design that straddle fine art and global culture.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

They dashed to the stone sculpture and crouched in its shadow.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

Bayouth continues to make sculptures out of her in-home studio, and she sells them online and at art markets through her brand, Sea Bay Ceramics.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Velvet-coated sculptures of cactuses and otherworldly beaded plants provide some of the much needed levity that the show so hopes to achieve.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Each smaller than a grain of rice, the sculptures pays tribute to Nobel Prize-winning physicist CV Raman and aerospace engineer and former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam, besides Sarabhai.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

In those solo presentations, Usha Seejarim’s conceptual sculptures and wall works examined gender and sexuality through repurposed objects, and Mmangaliso Nzuza’s biographical paintings infused Western art history with African trends.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

There had to be at least thirty massive sculptures of running, leaping beasts, their flanks gleaming slickly in the silvery light, jaws open, their slowly melting muzzles dripping occasionally onto the crowd below.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

His charming, whimsical collection featured ruffled tutus, sculptured soft knits, peplum jackets, skirts with bustles and plenty of shearling fabric.

From BBC Mar. 10, 2026

Price was best known for his sculptured silhouettes and theatrical styles, including pastel suits which featured in rock band Duran Duran's music video Rio.

From BBC Dec. 17, 2025

Meet an Australian supermodel for the ages: six feet tall with a sculptured visage, endless legs and piercing orange eyes.

From New York Times Jun. 30, 2023

On the other side of the fireplace sits the reconfigured lounge, which includes a sofa and an accent wall rendered in abstract, sculptured wood.

From Washington Post Apr. 14, 2022

Already he knew enough to tell if Michelangelo had sculptured the little angel.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg

A busboy is embraced by the beatnik art community when he develops an impressive but morbid method of sculpturing.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 25, 2019

With the promise of sculpturing lean, long muscles, his workout has attracted celebrity devotees, including Sofía Vergara and Kim Kardashian.

From New York Times Sep. 19, 2014

She started by sculpturing sandstone rock formations, to which she recently began applying a series of red and brown washes.

From New York Times Jul. 16, 2013

The moon was just rising, molten white; he had to catch that moment with its surreal, sculpturing incandescence.

From New York Times Jan. 24, 2013

E. Ray Lankester suggested that the double plate was borne on the surface of the nidamental gland, with the form and sculpturing of which in Nautilus it closely agrees.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various




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