What Is a Sculpture? - by Diane Borsato Hardcover

Book Synopsis

Learn how art and sculpture are all around us in this captivating, gallery-like picture book, for kids and curious humans ages 8 and up. For fans of Elizabeth Haidle's Drawing Is . . . and the books of Hervé Tullet.

Is a statue a sculpture? How about your ice cream cone? What is a sculpture, anyway . . . and could YOU be a sculptor?

It's easier than you think! From a stack of pancakes to portraits made out of chocolate, from the world's largest bannock to wrapping entire buildings in cloth, there are infinite ways to make a sculpture -- the hardest part might be trying to decide!

Join acclaimed visual artists Diane Borsato and Laura Carlin through an art gallery of incredible sculptures from around the world in this essential and inspirational invitation to appreciate, build and create art, in ways you'd never expect.

About the Author

DIANE BORSATO is a Canadian visual and performance artist whose work explores pedagogical practices and experiential ways of knowing through performance, video, installation and photography. Her work has been exhibited in galleries around the world. In 2013, she was an artist in residence at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Her previous published works include Mushrooming: The Joy of the Quiet Hunt. Diane is an associate professor at the University of Guelph.

LAURA CARLIN is an award-winning illustrator and ceramicist. Her illustrations for Ted Hughes' The Iron Man won a V&A Illustrated Book Award and received an honorable mention from the Bologna Ragazzi, as did her book, London: A History. The Promise was a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2014, and she was voted an ADC Young Gun, one of the 50 most influential creatives under 30, by the Art Director's Club of America. She has worked closely on campaigns with institutions such as the Tate Gallery and the Quentin Blake Centre of Illustration, and her mural of the history of London is in the collection of the London Museum.