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Soft sculpture is a type of sculpture made using cloth, foam rubber, plastic, paper, fibers and similar material that are supple and nonrigid. It was popularized by Claes Oldenburg in the 1960s. Artists such as Dorothea Tanning, Eva Hesse, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Louise Bourgeois, Sally Heller, Mark Jenkins, Rosslyn Piggot, Joseph Bueys, Annette Messager, Richard Serra, Michelle Stewart, Robert Morris and many others work with pliable materials.

Xavier Roberts, the creator of the popular Cabbage Patch Kids made his first dolls using this method.

External links

http://www.nga.gov.au/EXHIBITION/softsculpture/

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-'''Soft sculpture''' is a type of [[sculpture]] made using [[cloth]], [[foam rubber]], plastic, paper, fibers and similar material that are supple and nonrigid. It was popularized by [[Claes Oldenburg]] in the 1960s. Artists such as Eva Hesse, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Louise Bourgeois, Sally Heller, Mark Jenkins, Rosslyn Piggot, Joseph Bueys, Annette Messager, Richard Serra, Michelle Stewart, Robert Morris and many others work with pliable materials.
+'''Soft sculpture''' is a type of [[sculpture]] made using [[cloth]], [[foam rubber]], plastic, paper, fibers and similar material that are supple and nonrigid. It was popularized by [[Claes Oldenburg]] in the 1960s. Artists such as Dorothea Tanning, Eva Hesse, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Louise Bourgeois, Sally Heller, Mark Jenkins, Rosslyn Piggot, Joseph Bueys, Annette Messager, Richard Serra, Michelle Stewart, Robert Morris and many others work with pliable materials.
 [[Xavier Roberts]], the creator of the popular [[Cabbage Patch Kids]] made his first dolls using this