Creation and Modeling of Ceramic Characters
Torso
A course by Martin Ferreyra , Plastic Artist
About the video: Torso
Overview
“Next we will continue with the construction of the torso. For this we will work with the plate technique, occupying the amount of paste that we believe necessary in relation to the size of the piece we want to build.”
In this video lesson Martin Ferreyra addresses the topic: Torso, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creation and Modeling of Ceramic Characters. Learn techniques to model and paint with clay and bring unique characters to life.
Partial transcription of the video
“Torso To continue, let's work on the torso. We resume the initial sketch again. We will work now in this section. We pose very quickly that the character was going to have a poncho or clothes. The structure that will cover those clothes We are going to build it first with a torso. The torso is going to be a cylinder, like the exercise we did before with plates. For this, we will work with the material we select. We select two kilos of special clay for the torso. We will proceed to join these two kilos, and for this it is important to knead the union that is between these two pieces of clay....”
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Course summary for: Creation and Modeling of Ceramic Characters
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Category
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Areas
Ceramics, Character Design, Fine Arts

Martin Ferreyra
A course by Martin Ferreyra
Martin Ferreyra was born in Córdoba, Argentina. With a degree in psychology, he is mostly self-taught when it comes to the arts. His work includes both painting and ceramics, creating the Totem Bowls line of ceramics, a personal world within his visual imagination. He also investigates concepts around identity, ritual, and myth that are latent in the collective unconscious of our culture.
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