Beautify Your Surroundings With Attractive Fiber Sculptures

How important are sculptures or statues in your scheme of things? Apart from bestowing the much needed serenity to your surroundings, these are excellent objects to fill any type of space as well. However, when it comes to choosing a material to give shape to your vision, you could be spoilt for choice. Or do you think so? From time immemorial, stone, burnt clay or metal have been the material of choice for artists when it came to giving vent to their imagination. A cursory glance around famous places such as museums, parks, or government or privately owned buildings can convince you of the utility of such art forms. However, with the change in time or should we dare say, the advent of modernity, another material has taken the world of statues, sculptures and art by storm. The material is none other than fiberglass, the wonder material made from molten glass shards and fused by a resin like substance.

Building fiber sculptures

The process begins with the creation of a mould in the shape of an object whose form, shape, colour and size have been conceived by the artist or client. The molten fiberglass is poured into the mould, which upon attaining solidity, brings the object to reality quite vividly. This is followed by processes such as sanding, polishing and painting. Simple isn’t it? Well, the process is quite elaborate and painstaking.

Advantages of using fiberglass

Fiberglass has some inherent qualities that have helped it to become the preferred choice for art patrons and artists alike. These are as follows:

Ability to create the perfect mould

Unlike a stone or metal that is quite difficult and time consuming to be crafted into a specific shape, fiberglass lends itself perfectly to craft any shape. The material can easily fit into a mould and reach its nooks and crannies in no time. So, no matter how complex or sizeable the mould looks like fiberglass can lend it the perfect shape and colour. No wonder, fiberglass is increasingly being used as a material to build abstract art forms (read modern art).

Ability to form objects of any type or form

Stone, metal or even plastic have their limitations in rendering any type of shape or form. On the other hand, fiberglass can build avant garde sculptures of practically anything – individuals, abstract objects, animals, mythological characters, cartoon characters etc. In addition to bringing the imagined form into a proper shape, fiberglass sculptures can come in any colour of your choosing.

Durable?

Fiberglass can withstand the vagaries of nature for a long time. When other materials like stone or metal can undergo cracks or rust, their modern cousin can stand tall with its complex pattern and resplendent colours. These features do make fiberglass durable than concrete.

Versatility

The material can be used to decorate both private and public spaces to build attractive art forms that can become a cynosure for all eyes. The edifying sculptures can be the best way to amuse children by bringing to shape interesting figures from history, animal kingdom, or comics.

The sculptures made of fiberglass possess properties that can turn out to be cost effective, durable, edifying, and versatile.