How To Relief Carve Clay

This post is all about low relief carving into clay and the best tools and techniques for doing so.
How to relief carve clay. Im back with a carving tutorial. Provide counter pressure on the inside of your pot with your hand to gauge the force of your pencil gain awareness of wall thickness and keep track of the moisture content of your clay. A fascinating documentary film showing how British artist Victoria Ellis carves a fine bas relief figurative clay mural.
The process will be easier if you wet the clay first. In this video I will show examples and give wisdom on carving clay. Keep in mind that the area within the outline is the positive space and the area outside the outline is the negative space.
I hope you enjoy my videos. At this point its helpful to think about your scene in reverse. Im back with a carving tutorial.
Carve away the negative space areas with a loop tool. Relief Carving TechniquesDefine your Edges Drag your pencil or sgraffito tool at a shallow angle for clean deep clarifying lines. The top layer will get softer and carving will become more uniform and smooth.
Begin by laying down directional lines that define the motion and flow of the pattern then flush out the drawing by working back from the tip of each spiral 2. Its an issue when modeling very delicate details. In this post potter Ann Ruel gives us the ins and outs of carving low relief designs into wet clay.
The film covers the entire process. Bas relief is sort of 3D sort of fl. When carving clay consider the first lines incised into the clay to be the skeleton of your design.