Mastering Sculpture: The Figure in Clay

“Cristina Córdova is unquestionably one of the most talented, rigorous, and artistically ambitious artists working with the figure today—period.”

Auteur

Cristina Córdova is a contemporary artist and sculpting instructor whose work is collected around the world. She is featured in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum; The Colección Acosta de San Juan, Puerto Rico; the Mint Museum of Craft + Design; the Museum of Contemporary Art; and the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, among others. She is the recipient of numerous grants and award, including NC Arts Council Fellowship Grant, a Virginia Groot Foundation Recognition Grant, several International Association of Art Critics of Puerto Rico awards, and in 2015 the prestigious United States Artist Fellowship award. Her work is widely featured in all major ceramics and arts media, including the covers of Ceramics Monthly, and was featured by Craft in America, on PBS, in their episode on Identity.

Cristina has taught and demonstrated around the world, though she focuses mostly on US locations. Her residencies, workshops, and classes include: Harvard University, the University of California, the University of Nebraska, the University of Georgia, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Ceramistas de Reñaca in Chile, the Australian National University in Canberra, Gaya Ceramics in Bali, Penland School of Crafts (NC), Haystack Mountain School (ME), Santa Fe Clay (NM), Mudfire (GA), Odyssey Center for Ceramics (NC), and Anderson Ranch (CO), among others.

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Mastering Sculpture: The Figure in Clay is a comprehensive workshop on sculpting the human form from head to toe for ceramic artists.
 

Résumé
Mastering Sculpture: The Figure in Clay is a comprehensive workshop on sculpting the human form from head to toe for ceramic artists.

Contenu
Foreword
Introduction
1 PREPARATION
Studio Setup
Finding Inspiration
Simple Armature Construction
External Supports
2 GETTING STARTED
How to Make a Slab
Using Patterns
3 ASSEMBLING LOWER BODY PARTS ON ARMATURE
Preparing Your Armature
Joinery
Footprint and Lower Leg
The Foot
Upper Leg
Pelvis
4 ASSEMBLING THE UPPER BODY
Getting Started
Attaching Torso to Pelvis
The Neck
Breasts
Arms
5 THE HEAD
Using a Pattern to Create a Head Shape
Adding Facial Features
Refining Features
Fleshing: Creating Flow and Continuity
Hair
Attaching Head to Neck
6 HANDS
Forming the Hands
Attaching the Hands
7 FLESHING OUT CORE FORMS
Venting
Reading Contours with Additional Photographic Views to Achieve Accuracy
The Process
Artistic Considerations
8 SURFACE DEVELOPMENT, DRYING, AND FIRING
Surface Development
Drying and Firing
Appendix A: Four Cardinal Views
Appendix B: Model Reference Photos
Appendix C: Illustrative References
Appendix D: Templates
Acknowledgments
Resources
About the Author
Index