Clay Portrait: Model a Full-Scale Face

Overview

“Next, we proceed to assemble the necessary structure to support the weight of the portrait. We will work with rods, spreaders, chicken wire and aluminum.”

In this video lesson Efraïm Rodríguez addresses the topic: Assemble the frame, which is part of the Domestika online course: Clay Portrait: Model a Full-Scale Face. Create a three-dimensional portrait with your own hands by working with clay to depict every detail of a face .

Partial transcription of the video

“Assembling the frame In this lesson, I will tell you about different options to rig up a structure to build our bust. Here we have, for example, a very complex structure where we have included the shoulders. On the top I used a lead pipe. I covered it with hexagonal mesh, chicken coop, for rabbit hutches, and I stuffed it with newspaper. This allows me to reduce weight and material. The lead pipe lets me bend the head during modeling and this structure allows me to rotate it. In all this area I will have a lot of body. I could also do the same, reduce material and weight by putting mesh and...”

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Course summary for: Clay Portrait: Model a Full-Scale Face

• Level: Beginner
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• 5 units
• 33 lessons (7h 34m)
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• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Fine Arts, Sculpture