Summary: Learn how to plan a layout design to make a clay sculpture of human hands in this free video ceramic art lesson.
Jorge Benlloch is originally from Barcelona, Spain, where he received a M.A. & B.A in art at Steban Ripeaux Academy. He has taught art at the University Popular Elche and the...read more
"OK, we're going to use our hands as a layout. You know, like cavemen did. When they start drawing on the walls, they used body parts first. (traces left hand on clay with Exacto knife) OK, we have one, we need the other one. (traces the right hand on clay now) We have the left hand a little more, it's too big than the right one. This, we are going to cut this out. Now, we're going to go deep there Go deep there. (continues to cut and remove pieces) In fact, it's like making a cookie. It's not that different than making a gingerbread cookie. OK, we have here, one hand. And so, (cuts and removes pieces of other hand) now we have here, two clay hands."