Experience clay sculpting by creating five simple and impressive mini creatures. The workshop teaches to create basic building blocks using air drying clay followed by sculpting to create figurines.
Learn from the basic, to sculpt a snail followed by platypus, otter, squirrel and finish with an intermediate creature, an Owl. In this course, one will learn to use sculpting and modeling tools, to sculpt and apply textures.
No, Firing is needed and the figurines can be used for indoor decorations. This is meant for all age groups who would like to explore clay and sculpting as beginners.
Topics covered
- Making building blocks(ball, cylinders and more)
- smoothing blocks (without visible cracks, wedging )
- Applying slip to join pieces
- Sculpting tools
- Smoothing and sculpting
- Applying texture on the clay
Discussions as to the course progress
- Types of clay
- Where to buy the clay
- Texture techniques
- Do's and don't during the sculpting
- Different stages of clay
The participant will take back 5 characters created during the workshop.