This morning we went to see an exhibition of a sculptor and painter called Alberto Giacometti who made lots of very very long and tall people. We thought this one looked a bit like the BFG (we've read that recently at bedtime. It's by Roald Dahl and it so very funny we have started reading it again straight away). Except he didn't have big ears. He was really called "L'homme qui marche" which my mother translated for me. It means "The man who walks" or "The walking man". But I gave him another name: The Sleepwalker. That's what he looked like. He looked like a man walking in his sleep.
This was my favourite of all.
Daddy's favourite was another man who was also walking.
Mummy's favourite was a very tiny gold figure, quite similar to my favourite sleepwalking man, but about the size of my little finger.
We all liked this mother and daughter:
And this funny one too:
I thought it was very funny that apparently when Giacometti was about ten years old he made his first heads with plasticine. He made the heads of his brothers Diego and Bruno. (I have a cousin called Diego and a friend called Bruno!)
We might try to make a plasticine BFG this afternoon. If it turns out well, I'll put it up on the blog.
My question for today is: What materials did he use in his sculptures? We have looked this up and he seemed to use lots of different things. My sleepwalker is made of bronze. But he also used wood, iron, stone, string, plaster and wire.
Do you know any other materials that can be used to make sculptures?
Added on 15th July:
We did make our own plasticine BFG this morning! And a Sophie (she's blue because we don't have that many plasticine colours. Here they go:
What do you think? We thought of a trick and used drinking straws to keep the giant's arms and legs rigid.
