Everything we can touch has structural properties as well as poetic content. On a physical and emotional level, we all respond one way to fur and another way to steel; the way we feel about a pane of glass is different than a wooden board. Sculptors have been utilizing the inherent messages of stone, bronze, and wood for millennia, and contemporary artists exploit the qualities of sound, light, chocolate, and felt. This course is about understanding the dynamic qualities of material and using tools and processes to manipulate the form and the poetry of the stuff of our world for the purpose of making sculpture.