How To Carve Ceramic Clay

Use care when cutting at a steeper angle as these tools can really dig in.

How to carve ceramic clay.

Use a loop or ribbon tool to refine the surface. Techniques to bring the ceramics surface to life. If you use a plane to carve smooth your piece realize it only cuts in one direction either pushing or pulling depending upon how you hold it. Ing the sheets of soft textured clay on a hard surface al lows for a great variety of expanded patterns.

Weaving coils of clay is one way to make a ceramic basket but adrienne eliades wanted to make baskets with a looser weave pottery piercing was the technique she came up with. Carve your clay. Scrape along the surface at a shallow angle to smooth. By carefully plotting out a grid and carving clay adrienne makes light airy and delicate baskets that are not only decorative but also help circulate air around the loukoumades preventing them from becoming soggy.

Learn how to apply interesting and inspired surface technique. May 15 2015 explore cynthia segger s board clay carving followed by 148 people on pinterest. See more ideas about clay ceramic art clay pottery. Carving surface carving is usually done best with a variety of tools from knives and gouges to wire ended modeling tools when the clay is leather hard.

Then using simple but precise geometry he divides the plate in half measuring equal distances in opposite directions. The thickness of the objects to be carved should be considered carefully early. This demarcates the central and perimeter areas of the plate where the patterns will appear.