verb
sculpt
SKULPT/skʌlpt/
To shape material carefully into a desired form.
The artist uses careful hands to sculpt a clay bird.
Etymology
Latin sculpere meant to carve or engrave, linking sculpt to cutting material into form. The artistic sense extends this carving idea to shaping three-dimensional works more generally.
In context
now that the blank sized correctly we use an exacto knife to sculpt it into the final shape we want it's often a good idea to use reference pictures in this step
More examples
- Wind had sculpted the snow into ridges.
- The stylist sculpted his hair into a high crest.
- He sculpts tiny animals from wax.
Forms
sculpt · sculpts · sculpted · sculpting
sculpture noun — an artwork made by shaping material