Making Ceramic Animal Sculpture

If you use an air dry clay pieces will dry overnight and be ready to paint the next day.

Making ceramic animal sculpture.

Lisa naples resides in doylestown pennsylvania where she makes pottery and narrative sculpture from her barn studio. 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. I also make other animals found further afield such as rhinos leopards or elephants. The animal sculptures include british wildlife farm animals dogs and cats.

Looking for handmade animal ceramics. Nov 22 2017 explore hope lowe s board clay. Figurative artist edrian thomidis shows how she makes a chinese crested dog in paper clay. Sep 20 2020 explore sylvia godlas s board clay animal sculpture followed by 346 people on pinterest.

There is some background noise. There are a multitude of clay sculpture techniques for ceramic artists to choose from. Inspiration is often drawn from an interest in the role of animals and ancient artefacts and sustained by visits to museums and sites of antiquity both at home and abroad. The possibility for expression is unlimited because the malleability of clay makes it possible to bend and shape it into any shape imaginable.

I use several types of stoneware clay and fire to 1260 c in a gas kiln. See more ideas about clay ceramic animals clay animals. In 1988 she earned her mfa in ceramics from the nova scotia college of art and design in halifax nova scotia. You can also use an oven baked clay like sculpey.

Here is a collection of a few of my favourite ceramic animal artists. Lesley anne greene. Each piece i make is entirely hand built. From figure sculpting to large scale ceramic sculpture clay sculptors are making incredible ceramic sculpture.

Animals creatures followed by 1714 people on pinterest. Discover beautiful sculptures all handmade in the uk by talented potters and ceramic artists. Tiny animals made of clay are easy to make.