armatures
Sculptor's wire skeletons
Armatures are the rotating coils in electric motors and generators—the part that spins within the magnetic field to convert electrical energy to mechanical or vice versa.
In sculpture, an armature is the internal framework that supports clay or plaster during construction: She built a wire armature before adding the clay.
The word extends to any underlying structure that gives shape to something built around it.
Spinning mechanical assembly
- statorImmobile motor component
- coilsConnected loops of material
- windingsTurns and curves
- commutatorRotating contact that reverses current
core · lamination · brushes · copper · induction · generator · motor · electromagnetism
rotor
Spinning mechanical assembly
commutator · core · lamination · brushes · copper · induction · generator · motor · electromagnetism · field
wire
Thin metallic conductor
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
- maquettePreliminary sculptural study
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
pose · figure · support · skeleton · foam · aluminum · bendable · papier-mâché · casting · sculpting
framework
Underlying support system
scaffolding · truss · lattice · cage · shell · matrix · underpinning · backbone · bracing · ribbing
- machineryengine, machinery, industrial machinery, motors, engines
- sculpturestatue, sculpture, sculptor, sculpting, bronze
- art studioseasels, canvases, brushes, palettes, paint
- wax museumsMadame Tussauds, wax figures, wax museums, historical figures, political figures
- papier-machepaper pulp, newspaper strips, paste, flour paste, pulp
- Stop Motionstop motion, claymation, plasticine, frame by frame, tie-downs
armaturespermanent magnets
Self-sustaining magnetic materials
armaturesclay
Moldable earth for ceramics
skin · flesh · covering · plaster · surface layer
armaturesskin
Body's outer layer
final form · exterior · facade