Negative Space Sculpture

Negative space allows lambert to give each letter a friendly face.

Negative space sculpture. Why is negative space important. But negative space can be used in really creative ways. The use of negative space in art may be analogous to silence in music but only when it is juxtaposed with adjacent musical ideas. It can be a way to bring new depth to the art.

While the negative space itself has no defining details the hard edges of the vase and the contrast of the vessel to the rest of the image activate the area and allow your mind to fill in the blanks. Negative space in sculpture refers to the space around the piece or to openings within the piece that emphasize the form. Compositional balance as mentioned earlier is just one reason why negative space is so important in a work of art. As you can see the background negative space and objects are interchangeable.

The way the arms are separated from the body to emphasize the old woman s wasted form the spread fingers the shape of her head and neck flowing into her arched shoulder all of these things express. Rodin famously referred to sculpture as the art of the lump and the hollow if you look at his la belle heaulmiere you can see his masterful use of negative space. Part of his cut out series page cleverly depicts both characters using negative space. Areas of activity like the vase in rubin s vase for example are only so striking because of all of the space that surrounds it.

More astounding negative space book sculptures melbourne based sculptor kylie stillman expertly carves three dimensional silhouettes of birds and plants into stacks of books and paper. Sometimes the tones are reversed and white is used to fill the silhouette refer. In a two tone image eg. Negative space is the area around the art it could just be a blank background or a splash of color.

The bald head and long pointy nose are instantly identifiable as danny devito s penguin which in turn carves out the bold silhouette of michael keaton as batman. As such there is a difference between inert and active silences in music where the latter is more closely analogous to negative space in art. Page uses negative space trickery to depict batman versus penguin. How to use negative space in art composition.

To make 3d shapes on. Experiment with creating a drawing that is mostly negative space. It s batman versus penguin in this brilliant print by graphic designer simon c. The way simple shapes are used in this sculpture to create an image that could be different depending on the person although i see a very minimalist face.

Instead of placing your main subject in. Black and white the object is usually depicted in a darker color black than the background white thereby forming a silhouette. Instead of focusing on drawing the actual object for a negative space drawing the focus is on what s between the objects.