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Summary: Sculpting a bird bath requires assembling the pieces neatly; learn to sculpt a bird bath from clay in this free video art lesson.
Jorge Benlloch is originally from Barcelona, Spain, where he received both a Bachelor's of Arts and a Master's of Arts in art at Steban Ripeaux Academy. He has taught art at the...read more
"We are going to start making some coils from the clay that we discard. We make this almost long enough. Then we are going to put this piece on. Then we are going to start making the coiling here. You start putting the clay here and melting it. This we don't need to scratch the clay. Let me tell you that if the clay is hard, then you have to make some kind of marks on the clay on both ends in order to allow the new clay to be attached. But this clay is so soft, that we don't need to because it melts so easy. But if you have harder clay, you have to. Now we have to make another coil for here. Trimming is going to be the last thing. Now try to mark in here example. But I told you that it was not necessary in that case, because of the kind of clay that we are dealing with. Now we are going to make the edges here. Well, now it's all put together. Now we have to trim it."
eHow Article: Assembling Bird Bath Sculpture