How To Make Clay Sculpting Tools
Working in three dimensions can be an interesting artistic challenge.
How to make clay sculpting tools. Heavy duty loop tool - this is usually for cutting large coils of clay out of a fresh block of clay or if you have a jumbo sculpture. These tools can be expensive. Use the pipe cutter to cut a length of tubing to around 6 150mm.
Incidentally if you dont have a pipe cutter a sharp craft knife or blade will work. Use textured objects to create patterns in the clay. They are infinitely useful even if you never sculpt again.
You can also use items that you find around your home as sculpting tools. To start make sure you have a roller clay blade and a few sculpting tools like those with balls or rubber tips at the end to create various shapes. A strong work surface eg a thick masonite board.
Most of the modelling of features is completed at this stage. Press the bottom of a teaspoon onto the clay surface to create. A stamp is anything that you press into the surface of the clay to create an effect and the best part is that it can be made from just about anything.
Try scraping the prongs of a fork across the clay this will create a 3 pronged pattern. If you dont own an X-Acto knife get one. Hooves tails and eyes are added.
So I desided to make a couple and show how I did it. Literally anything thats otherwise useless and might make a cool texture on clay. Beginners guide to sculpting in clay.