Ceramic Character Design: Explore Color and Texture
Working with Clay
A course by Nastia Calaca , Ceramic Artist
About the video: Working with Clay
Overview
“Never has a task been so exciting! Next, we are going to focus on those precious details. Before starting to work on your project, you will need to warm up a little by experimenting with different shaped eyes, fingers, claws, legs, and paws. Let me show you how to do this!”
In this video lesson Nastia Calaca addresses the topic: Working with Clay, which is part of the Domestika online course: Ceramic Character Design: Explore Color and Texture. Learn to sculpt whimsical and handmade characters by combining colors, textures, and clay modeling techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Before starting to work on the final project, We have to warm up a bit and try out some exercises and work on the details. We'll experiment with different shapes of eyes, legs and other limbs. I will start from the eyes. What you need to do, you need to have a piece of grey. Like this. you have to roll a ball out of it Don't worry if it's not. Perfectly. Symmetrical? It's fine. we just roll out the bow. If you work on the pair's details like eyes, ears, or hands, try to work on both items simultaneously. So that's why I just made a bowl. And now I will cast it. just right in the center, sym...”
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Course summary for: Ceramic Character Design: Explore Color and Texture
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Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, Character Design, Fine Arts, Sculpture
Nastia Calaca
A course by Nastia Calaca
Nastia Calaca is a ceramic artist from Ukraine who currently lives and works in the Netherlands. Since childhood, she dreamed of becoming an illustration artist and went on to discover what has become a lifelong love for ceramics during a school trip to the Czech Republic. After completing a degree in ceramics at the Kyiv State Institute of Decorative and Applied Art and Design, Nastia started teaching workshops for beginners in her studio.
In 2016 Nastia founded Calaca Ceramic Art; an online store selling ceramic characters and figurines inspired by the world around her. Every piece is handmade and Nastia sells her custom orders to people all over the world. She also shares her work with over 70K followers on Instagram.
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