Ceramic Sculpture – A Unique Medium
My sculptural career has taken a turn strongly in the direction of oil-based clay – for bronze casting, or for resin. This is mainly because oil-based clay makes for sculpting successfully over a period of days or weeks, if necessary, just as easy as finishing a piece in one day. This is for the simple fact that oil-based clay never dries out. Also, I like the fact that a sculpture can be easily reproduced from a mold made off of one of these clay sculptures.
That said, I’ve enjoyed good times also with water-based clay sculpture, where the clay could then be fired in a kiln just like a piece of pottery, creating a ceramic piece of artwork. My working method in making such a piece is essentially the same as if I were working in oil-based clay. The difference is in the fact that I must finish sooner due to the clay’s air-drying time, which can only be slowed down to a point.
“Standing Woman” Ceramic Sculpture by Dean Vigyikan
The above example is a figure I sculpted from life in water-based clay and left with the original rough texture and finger marks of the initial workmanship. This is really what adds special interest and, as one gallerist put it “sophisticated” appeal to the piece. This sculpture is one-of-a-kind as there is no mold for it. The same effects could be achieved in oil-based clay as well, but I liked how the water-based medium actually influenced me to stop “early” leaving the sculpture with a rougher and more impressionistic texture than I might have produced using a different medium.Roblox Hack No Survey No Download