shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"
If something is sculpted, it is made into a particular shape. More familiar landscapes have been sculpted by surface erosion Michael smoothed and sculpted Jane's hair into shape. to make a particular shape from wood, stone, clay etc (sculpter, from sculpere; SCULPTURE)
When an artist sculpts something, they carve or shape it out of a material such as stone or clay. An artist sculpted a full-size replica of her head When I sculpt, my style is expressionistic