How To Relief Carve Clay
Sometimes carving air-dry clay can cause crumbling.
How to relief carve clay. Its an issue when modeling very delicate details. 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. I hope you enjoy my videos.
Bas relief is sort of 3D sort of fl. This post is all about low relief carving into clay and the best tools and techniques for doing so. In this video I will show examples and give wisdom on carving clay.
Keep in mind that the area within the outline is the positive space and the area outside the outline is the negative space. Dont worry that your cuts are exactly at the same depth. A fascinating documentary film showing how British artist Victoria Ellis carves a fine bas relief figurative clay mural.
HttpwwwwoodcarvingworkshopstvLearn the basic steps involved in carving a relief. In this video I will show examples and give wisdom on carving clay. To achieve the look of low relief draw an outline onto the clay surface.
The film covers the entire process. To begin a relief carving use a pencil to trace your design onto the wood. Carve away the negative space areas with a loop tool.
Relief Carving TechniquesDefine your Edges Drag your pencil or sgraffito tool at a shallow angle for clean deep clarifying lines. Im back with a carving tutorial. Together we will dive into the glorious world of relief.