Career Details :: Sculptors
Description
Design and construct three-dimensional artworks using materials such as stone, wood, plaster, and metal and employing various manual and tool techniques.
Experience
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Education
A bachelor's degree is the minimum formal education required for these occupations. However, many also require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Training
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Tasks
- Carves objects from stone, concrete, plaster, wood, or other material, using abrasives and tools, such as chisels, gouges, and mall.
- Constructs artistic forms from metal or stone, using metalworking, welding, or masonry tools and equipment.
- Cuts, bends, laminates, arranges, and fastens individual or mixed raw and manufactured materials and products to form works of art.
- Models substances, such as clay or wax, using fingers and small hand tools to form objects.
Related Careers
- Bench Workers, Jewelry
- Camera Operators
- Etchers
- Model and Mold Makers, Jewelry
- Pewter Casters and Finishers
- Potters
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Thinking Creatively
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Implementing Ideas, Programs, etc.
- Performing General Physical Activities
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Objective or Subjective Information
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Indoors
- Standing
- Sitting
Related Majors
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| Applied Art |  [ add ] |
| Architecture/Art/Design | [ add ] |
| Art | [ add ] |
| Art Communication | [ add ] |
| Art History/Studio | [ add ] |
| Art Studio | [ add ] |
| Art Theory/Practice | [ add ] |
| Art/Architecture | [ add ] |
| Art/Art History | [ add ] |
| Art/Business | [ add ] |
| Art/Communication | [ add ] |
| Art/Computer Animation | [ add ] |
| Art/Design | [ add ] |
| Art/Fine Arts | [ add ] |
| Art/Graphic Design | [ add ] |
| Art/Metal | [ add ] |
| Art/Painting/Printing/Sculpture | [ add ] |
| Art/Photography | [ add ] |
| Art/Technology Studies | [ add ] |
| Art/Video | [ add ] |
| Arts | [ add ] |
| Classics/Fine Arts | [ add ] |
| Creative/Visual Arts | [ add ] |
| Digital Art/Design | [ add ] |
| Digital Arts/Multimedia Design | [ add ] |
| Electronic Arts | [ add ] |
| Electronic Integrated Arts | [ add ] |
| Film/Art | [ add ] |
| Fine Art | [ add ] |
| Fine Arts | [ add ] |
| Fine Arts Administration | [ add ] |
| Fine Arts Ministry | [ add ] |
| Fine Arts Photography | [ add ] |
| Fine Arts Studio | [ add ] |
| Fine Arts/Studio Arts | [ add ] |
| Fine Arts/Technology | [ add ] |
| Fine/Applied Arts | [ add ] |
| Fine/Performing Arts | [ add ] |
| Fine/Studio Arts | [ add ] |
| General Fine Arts | [ add ] |
| Graphics/Fine Arts | [ add ] |
| History of Decorative Arts | [ add ] |
| Humanities/Fine Arts | [ add ] |
| Illustration/Visual Essay | [ add ] |
| Interdisciplinary Arts | [ add ] |
| Sculpture | [ add ] |
| Sculpture/New Genres | [ add ] |
| Studio Art | [ add ] |
| Studio Arts | [ add ] |
| Studio Fine Arts | [ add ] |
| Visual Arts Studio | [ add ] |
Institutions Offering Related Majors
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