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sculpture

[skuhlp-cher] / ˈskʌlp tʃər /
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form a three-dimensional art object
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Actor Danny Dyer has delivered a petition to Downing Street calling for water companies to be nationalised after floating a giant poo sculpture down the River Thames on a boat.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

The sign jokes that the sculpture is the "world's most famous singing bird automata!"

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Philbin oversaw a two-decade,$90-million renovation by Michael Maltzan Architecture that increased gallery space by 60% and added an outdoor sculpture terrace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The sculpture first appeared in 1982’s “Rocky III,” when the character was world heavyweight champion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

It was filled with unusual pieces of sculpture and pretty collections in glass jars: buttons, marbles, and rhinestones displayed on shelves so they caught the light.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

Paintings, sculptures, ceramics and books line every available wall, shelf and tabletop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

At Huxley-Parlour, SaraNoa Mark’s chunky cast-glass sculptures look like fragments of artifacts from an ancient alien civilization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Wolfe’s collecting and sale of vigango sculptures have drawn scrutiny.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Trained as a forensic pathologist, Ms. Margolles focuses on violence and the forces that drive it in sculptures, photographs and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

When I look closer, I realize that the rocks are actually enormous sculptures, each of them carved to look like past tournament winners.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

In “An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles,” authors David Gebhard and Robert Winter suggest that the ornate ends of the bridge “cry out for sculptured saints.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 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

Coming upon the sculptured, skeletal, bemused-looking goat in 1952’s “La Chèvre,” around the corner, may lead you to hope that wisdom sometimes comes with age.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

The new Mustang’s exterior has a familiar but more sculptured and modern design.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2023

He looked at me, his sculptured face expressionless.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

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

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

The Weinstein Company is set to release “Butter,” in which Jennifer Garner plays an ambitious conservative who gets caught up in the world of competitive butter sculpturing, on Oct.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2012

The site of this bond is evident in the tuberosities and sculpturing of the base of the baculum.

From The Baculum in Microtine Rodents by Sydney Anderson


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