Education VICÂ introduces Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School in Erskineville, for all your education and learning needs.
The essence of sculpture is the art of space. It can be experienced though sight, touch and sometimes even sound. It is so versatile that it may be temporal or fixed.
Sculpture is the ultimate reflection of our physical reality because it is experienced physically. It, like all the arts, can be abstract or more representational, but throughout history sculpture has been used to create permanent objects that remind us of something or someone significant. It has been used to create objects which emulate a specific ethos, idea or culture because of the associative meaning of either the subject or form of the sculpture.
Learning sculpture is a mind-opening experience that can be both challenging and delightful. The initial question of “what to sculpt!” is the ultimate artistic choice, but then “how to sculpt it!?” leads to a surprising multitude of creative questions – answers to which lie in being open to training and acceptance of advice from peers.
Commissioning sculpture is inspiring for both the commissioner and sculptor. Ultimately, most of our commissions are to give permanent physical representational presence to either a well-respected person (such as a cricket captain or chairman of a company) or an ideal.
