sculpting

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Yet where that film’s sinuous sculpting of time is marvelously sly and organic, “Blue Heron” always feels a little too carefully mapped out to achieve a similarly breathtaking effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Promoted as sculpting devices, they've built a reputation for lifting and contouring but Aiza says they "do not permanently tighten skin, change skin structure, or remove fat".

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

The process resembles sculpting, where material is carefully removed from a solid block until the desired form is achieved.

From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2026

In Gaza City, a teenager painted "2026" on his tent, while an AFP journalist observed a local artist sculpting the same in sand in Deir el-Balah, in central Gaza.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

He’d even scratched his name into a piece of moldable plastic, and I found a sculpting knife with yellow on its end, so I knew that was what he did it with.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer