How To Relief Carve Clay
Together we will dive into the glorious world of relief.
How to relief carve clay. Provide counter pressure on the inside of your pot with your hand to gauge the force of your pencil gain awareness of wall thickness and keep track of the moisture content of your clay. Its an issue when modeling very delicate details. Make sure that your piece is completely dry coat the surface level of clay with water using a damp brush.
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. To achieve the look of low relief draw an outline onto the clay surface. This post is all about low relief carving into clay and the best tools and techniques for doing so.
At this point its helpful to think about your scene in reverse. The areas furthest away from you ie. The top layer will get softer and carving will become more uniform and smooth.
Join Master Wood Carver Chris Pye at Woodcarving Workshops for more p. Bas relief is sort of 3D sort of fl. 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.
HttpwwwwoodcarvingworkshopstvLearn the basic steps involved in carving a relief. Relief Carving TechniquesDefine your Edges Drag your pencil or sgraffito tool at a shallow angle for clean deep clarifying lines. The process will be easier if you wet the clay first.
In this post potter Ann Ruel gives us the ins and outs of carving low relief designs into wet clay. In this video I will show examples and give wisdom on carving clay. Carving Surface carving is usually done best with a variety of toolsfrom knives and gouges to wire-ended modeling.
