Sculpting a Female Portrait in Clay | Part 5

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    New Masters AcademyNew Masters Academy
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    World-renowned sculptor Johanna Schwaiger joins New Masters Academy, bringing with her over 20 years experience of teaching and producing figurative and portrait sculpture. In her first series, she demonstrates her method of sculpting a female portrait from a live model. You’ll learn important methods and procedures using various sculpting materials and tools, key landmarks of the skull, and basic clay application. As she approaches a finish in Part 5, Johanna addresses the distance between her sculpture’s eyes, completes the lips, nostrils, and eyebrows. She introduces some finishing techniques in order to make the sculpture less sickly and more lifelike.

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    • Water-Based Clay
    • 2″ x 2″ Plank
    • 3/4″ Thick Plywood or Melamine Square
    • Screws
    • Small Wood Modeling Tools
    • Tiranti Modeling Tools (B Series)
    • Caliper
    • Wire Clay Cutting Tool
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    Betty Ng
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    Can the sculpture be fired in a kiln?  If yes, how do you remove the sculpture from the armature stand?  Many thanks, Betty

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    Daniel DaigleDaniel Daigle
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    Hi Betty, I’m no expert here, but I believe the preferred method would be to mold and cast. I’ve hear Johanna talk about making bronze casts on several occasions. Because the clay is not hollowed out, you risk the chance of it exploding in the kiln. Maybe you could set it at low heat for a long time…. but I really don’t know.
    But we will have Judy Fox some time in the future, show how to sculpt a bust that can be fired in kiln. one technique would be to dig the armature out, the other is to build the sculpture like a pinch pot.

    I hope this helps

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