Side story: my father-in-law had 3 boys and struggled with calling them by their names. Just to cover his bases, he would call out, "Ryan, Scott, Kelly, Mary, Ellen, Jane!"
Well, I have been using the wrong name to describe a type of art. The object looks like this:
This is what I have been calling "3D" art. Many times. For several years. Written down. On price tags.
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| "3D" Tree |
It recently occurred to me that it might not be correct!
I really want to name my babies wood creations the right name. If you spend a lot of time creating something, it deserves the right name. I didn't spend 9 (8, really) months creating my first born child only to look at him and say, "I shall call him Dexter." Nope. He was definitely a "Brayden!"
So, I Googled it, and ya' know what? It's hard to google the word for something when you don't know what word to google! What is the correct name? I don't know. I searched and asked Hubby what he thought. Here are some of their ideas:
A relief is a sculptural technique where the sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material. (source)
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| "Relief" Home Sweet Home? |
A shadow is a dark area where light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object. (source)
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| "Shadow" Home Sweet Home? |
Intaglio, in sculpture, engraving or incised figure in stone or other hard material such that all lines appear below the surface; it is thus the opposite of relief sculpture and is sometimes called “hollow relief.” (source)
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| "Intaglio" Love at Home? |
None of these sound like the right fit. How 'bout the definition for "3D" art?
Three-dimensional definition, having, or seeming to have, the dimension of depth as well as width and height. (source)
Huh. Maybe "3D" does work. What do you think?
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| "3D" Love at Home |
