How To Use Sculpting Tools For Clay

Practicing Sculpting Techniques Download Article 1 Knead the clay using your palms.

How to use sculpting tools for clay. A set of playing cards. Use as a guide to get your clay rolled out evenly A beading awl or handheld pin drill for making holes. Enlarge Picture showing the X-Acto knife 2.

Wire tipped tool - homemade tool with stiff wire coming out the top - this is good for dragging across the surface of your sculpt to give random wrinkles that then can be smoothed out with brushes 2. A quick overview of my favorite sculpting tools. While most instructions called for brass tubing I found out that old paint brushes and knitting needles.

If you dont own an X-Acto knife get one. Place the clay on a hard surface that is covered with newspaper. Plastic shape templates in a few basic shapes or a few basic cutter sets.

They are infinitely useful even if you never sculpt again. We teach you the tools and language of sculpture. I never have exactly the tool I want for working with clay so I recently searched out how to make a new set of rakes and loops for my tool box.

Working in three dimensions can be an interesting artistic challenge. X-Acto Knife Used for trimming away excess clay create grooves use the flat side to make simple fish scales. Draw the shape you want onto a piece of plastic like a gift card or packaging from takeout and cut it out with scissors.

Modelling tools wires knives spoons old kitchen implements A mask. This is really just a fun exercise to get things started so dont worry about neatness at this stage. Beginners guide to sculpting in clay.