How to Make a Clay Eagle Sculpture

Series Summary

Working with clay is one of the most satisfying and relaxing hobbies. It is also the basis of one of the most ancient fine arts, sculpture. Ceramics can be produced on a large scale, making kitchen ware or kitsch, but it takes an artist to make a sculpture. Clay sculpting is a fantastic part of ceramic art. If you would like to learn how to design and create clay sculptures for free and online, you can learn from one of our experts.

In this free video series, expert sculptor Jorge Benlloch teaches you how to sculpt an eagle from clay. You will learn how to prepare a base, how to cut the clay, how to choose a model, and how to begin your sculpture. Jorge offers many tips as he demonstrates sculpting a beautiful eagle from the clay. He shows you how to sculpt the eyes, beak, and neck and also how to add detail to the feathers of the eagle. You also get tips on enamel, epoxy, paint, and so on.

Video Transcript

"JORGE BENLLOCH: Hi, this Jorge Benlloch from Expert Village. Today, we are going to try to make some kind nice clay figurines. And now we are going to start making a big head of the bald eagle. It's a very American important symbol. We are going to use the wet clay. This clay here, several kinds of clay that we are not going to use those ones but I'm going to explain you all about it. This is a water based clay. Now, wet and it's water based. It's the Sculpey. This is clay that it needs to be hardened on the oven, in the house oven. And this is Plasticine or plasteline. We are not going to use those ones for now. And now, I'm going to use that grey clay for the project. The tools that we are going to need are a roller pin, these two pieces of wood, that string, very important to cut the clay, and a few of little tools in order to mark the feathers and make the details. And the next, it would be making the structure of the head whatever is going to support the head. This is going to be a self-supporting layer self-supporting head that you don't need to put it in the kiln. It's going to be okay at your home. Okay. I hope you will enjoy that one."