Video Blog

Through the Eyes of the Sculptor
This video discusses basically, how the sculptor performs the task of creating sculptures from start to finish.The different ways that sculptures can be made; bronze, clay, limestone, and what methods are used to carve statues. Models are used in a casting process as well. It discusses how sculptors are commissioned to carve and redo statues and also what creative ways that ideas for statues are formed.
The text also describes the methods and materials of sculpting and how the process works.
The video gives a better visual of how the whole process plays out and the work that goes into it. It helped me to better understand how casting aids the creation of sculptures. 

Glass and Ceramics
The video illustrates how glass is blown by hand and then stained for things such as windows. The glass is actually cut into puzzle pieces and placed together with wires lining the edges. Ceramics are also heated to be created, just using clay instead of sand like glass is. It discusses how firing clay at different temperatures can produce different things, such as china. Molds are also used to create things of different shapes and glazes provide colors. There are many different functions that glass and ceramic products provide.
The text also discusses how ceramics and glass are made, what materials are used, and what their uses are.
I found the video interesting because I have never seen how glass is created and the shaping process is cool. The video also shows the importance of creating efficient products using glass and clay in our world today and in the past.

Installation Art
The purpose for the installation is to invite the viewer into a space that works with the art, so that the viewer can interact with the art instead of just view a two dimensional display. The video demonstrates many different kinds of installations from many artists over the years. Installations come in many different forms and sizes. Video and digital technology have also brought another dimension to the concept of installation art. It is a lot of work to actually set up the artwork too.
The text discusses how artists work with time and place to connect them to their artistic ideas. 
It is a long process to create an installation and set it up in a gallery. Many people can be commissioned on a job and it is interesting to see how all different tasks come together to complete the artists view. It helps to see what jobs these artists have other than the obvious.