Figure ceramic sculpture
Hands and Hair
A course by Cristina Córdova , Figurative ceramic artist and teacher
Joined May 2019
Joined May 2019
About the video: Hands and Hair
Overview
“Finally, we will add the details of the hands and hair, completing our figure. You will learn techniques for sculpting the hair and adjusting the hands to achieve expression and dynamism in your work.”
In this video lesson Cristina Córdova addresses the topic: Hands and Hair, which is part of the Domestika online course: Figure ceramic sculpture. Join sculptor Cristina Cordova's course on figure ceramic sculpture. Explore workspace setup, detailed sculpting techniques, and finishing touches..
Partial transcription of the video
“All right, now that we have attached the arms and they have dried a little bit, we are going to bring the hands into the composition. So we already have the little hands that we prepared, and they're just, again, generic hands, not positioned in any specific way. I am going to activate the gesture once I place them onto the sculpture. So the first thing I want to do is just present them and gauge their proportion in relationship to the head in particular, and the rest of the body, and then decide how much length I want to keep from this lower arm, because we have more material than we need,...”
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Course summary for: Figure ceramic sculpture
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Ceramics
Cristina Córdova
A course by Cristina Córdova
Cristina Córdova is a renowned figurative ceramic artist from Puerto Rico. With nearly 20 years of experience, she has dedicated her career to creating clay sculptures that explore the human figure and its various expressions.
After completing her graduate studies in ceramics and a three-year residency at the prestigious Penland School of Craft, Cristina founded Córdova Studios, where she has developed her artistic practice.
Her work is part of the permanent collections of major institutions such as the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Mint Museum, the Everson Museum, and the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico.
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