Ceramic Character Design: Explore Color and Texture
The Body 2
A course by Nastia Calaca , Ceramic Artist
About the video: The Body 2
Overview
“Here, I will continue to work on the body. I will smoothen, stretch, and shape my cylinder until it looks more like a toad.”
In this video lesson Nastia Calaca addresses the topic: The Body 2, 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
“ The Body Just put your knife perpendicular to the wooden board and cut off all the unnecessary parts and make it smoother. You can even deepen this knife a bit so you'll have this rounder bottom. We'll put the coil inside, so no worries. The wall is thick enough. We will not poke it, we'll not have the hole. Also, as we have this piece of small wet clay, you can fill some dents that we have left with our fingertips, so just fill out them in this way. Just apply an extra layer of clay on the top. It should be much softer than the slab. Maybe here. You can smooth it a bit with the rib, with...”
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Course summary for: Ceramic Character Design: Explore Color and Texture
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Category
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Areas
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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