How To Relief Carve Clay
When carving clay consider the first lines incised into the clay to be the skeleton of your design.
How to relief carve clay. A fascinating documentary film showing how British artist Victoria Ellis carves a fine bas relief figurative clay mural. Begin by laying down directional lines that define the motion and flow of the pattern then flush out the drawing by working back from the tip of each spiral 2. Relief Carving TechniquesDefine your Edges Drag your pencil or sgraffito tool at a shallow angle for clean deep clarifying lines.
To achieve the look of low relief draw an outline onto the clay surface. Make sure that your piece is completely dry coat the surface level of clay with water using a damp brush. The film covers the entire process.
I hope you enjoy my videos. Im back with a carving tutorial. The process will be easier if you wet the clay first.
Join Master Wood Carver Chris Pye at Woodcarving Workshops for more p. Im back with a carving tutorial. The areas furthest away from you ie.
Cess of slab making by throwing a block of clay on a hard surface wire cutting it into slabs and pulling and stretch-ing the sheets of soft textured clay on a hard surface al-lows for a great variety of expanded patterns. This post is all about low relief carving into clay and the best tools and techniques for doing so. HttpwwwwoodcarvingworkshopstvLearn the basic steps involved in carving a relief.
Some of the tools I use in this video are hand-made tools I made at home because the school is closed so I ha. Dont worry that your cuts are exactly at the same depth. Ive never done this before but I wanted to try it to continue our sculpting theme for this month here on The Art Club.
