How to Make a Cat 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 on sculpting a big black cat, Jorge Benlloch teaches you how to become an expert sculptor. You will learn how to build the body and head of a clay cat, how to sculpt details into the face, paws, and hair. Jorge gives you advice on how to sculpt shapes and likenesses, and you will be keeping up in no time.

Video Transcript

"JORGE BENLLOCH: This is Jorge Benlloch for Expert Village. Actually, we are going to try to make like a standing cat in clay. Well, water-based clay, not wet clay, that is going through self-drying in four or five days, and later we are going to coat with some kind of coating or--to make them stronger. You can fire this in a kiln or you can just keep as finished. You will see that it lasts long. This is the example of the cat that I want to do. It's like a typical figure of a standing, alert cat. I have some kind of pictures here. I have a book of cats. And then from this one and some other details, we can do the cat that we want. That's just to inspire you to make. If you are a cat lover or you have a cat, you can make your own cat. You are trying to copy the features and--but the structure is going to be more or less the same. Now, talking about structure, we have to structure the figurine. And then, well, I'm going to tell you that I'm going to discard the red clay because it's a little bit too dirty for the job. And then, we are going to start building up the structure and then building up the figurine."