Supplies for Clay Angel 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 angel figurine from clay. Jorge gives you tips on designing the sculpture, making the basic shapes in clay, and rolling the clay for additional features like the wings. You will learn how to shape the clothing of the angel, the face and hair, and how to create the proper texture. Jorge offers tips throughout for sculptors young and old.

Video Transcript

"Hi. This is Jorge Bennloch, how are you? Today, I'm going to try to make one angel in water-based clay. Let me introduce you to the materials first. We have red clay, gray clay, they are all water based. Then we have Sculpey, that's a fantastic material. But it's quite costly. Then for big pieces, I prefer to use the gray clay, though. And we have plasticene, that is ideal, fantastic to make small figurines. But of course, it never dries. Then you have to make a mold and make later a harder piece with casting resin or casting--harder material. We're going to use for the next project the gray clay. It's a little bit less messy. And takes for a while to dry that give us more time to work. The materials are, well. This is like a very simple structure. Only I'm going to stick the piece here, in order to have a little support. We have this other one that's very good. The roller pin. We have these two pieces that we use in order to cut the slabs in the same thickness. This is a fantastic piece, this, we use this one, this wire in order to cut the clay clean. Then we have the classic tools for sculpting and ceramic. We are probably using two or three of those. But I'm not so clear which ones. Pencil is very important. You will see why. And then next I will show you exactly what we are going to do. We are going to try to make one angel, approximately this size."