Making Ceramic Animal Sculpture

The possibility for expression is unlimited because the malleability of clay makes it possible to bend and shape it into any shape imaginable.

Making ceramic animal sculpture.

See more ideas about animal sculptures clay animals sculpture. This is how i teach my grade one to grade seven students to make animals out of clay starting out with the most basic shapes and then moving up to more comp. The animal sculptures include british wildlife farm animals dogs and cats. Each piece i make is entirely hand built.

Figurative artist edrian thomidis shows how she makes a chinese crested dog in paper clay. Animals creatures followed by 1714 people on pinterest. See more ideas about clay ceramic animals clay animals. From figure sculpting to large scale ceramic sculpture clay sculptors are making incredible ceramic sculpture.

I use several types of stoneware clay and fire to 1260 c in a gas kiln. There is some background noise. If you use an air dry clay pieces will dry overnight and be ready to paint the next day. There are a multitude of clay sculpture techniques for ceramic artists to choose from.

This is a fun afternoon project for kids who love to work with clay and for crafty adults too. Discover beautiful sculptures all handmade in the uk by talented potters and ceramic artists. Here is a collection of a few of my favourite ceramic animal artists. I exhibit and sell throughout the uk and model imaginative figurative sculptures using hand building techniques.

You can also use an oven baked clay like sculpey. Tiny animals made of clay are easy to make. Lisa naples resides in doylestown pennsylvania where she makes pottery and narrative sculpture from her barn studio. Nov 22 2017 explore hope lowe s board clay.

Looking for handmade animal ceramics. I also make other animals found further afield such as rhinos leopards or elephants. In 1988 she earned her mfa in ceramics from the nova scotia college of art and design in halifax nova scotia.