Polymer clay4 min read
How to Sculpt With Polymer Clay: A Working Method
Conditioning, armatures, building in stages, smoothing and baking. The practical sequence for making a polymer clay figure that does not sag or crack.
Sculpting
7 posts filed under sculpting.
Sculpting5 min read
How to Use Monster Clay: Melting, Sculpting and Moulding
Monster Clay is an oil-based sculpting clay that softens with heat and never dries. Here is how to warm it, build with it, and take a mould from a finished sculpt.
Sculpting5 min read
What Clay Is Best for Sculpting? Matched to What You Are Making
Oil clay for practice and moulds, polymer clay for small keepable pieces, ceramic sculpture bodies for fired work, air-dry for cheap and large. Here is how to choose.
Sculpting5 min read
What Is a Clay Model in Sculpture?
A clay model is the original worked in clay, from a small maquette to a full-size version, that is then moulded and cast in bronze, resin or stone.
Sculpting4 min read
How to Make Clay Figures That Do Not Fall Over or Crack
Building small clay figures: proportion, armatures, joining limbs, hollowing for firing, and the drying rules that keep thin parts attached.
Sculpting5 min read
How to Sculpt With Clay: A Method for Beginners
The working sequence experienced sculptors use — armature, masses, proportion, refinement, detail — and the specific habits that make each stage go faster.
Hand building5 min read
Things to Make With Clay: 12 Projects, Easiest First
A ladder of clay projects from a pinch pot to a lidded jar, with what each one teaches and the specific difficulty to expect from it.