#chavantclay

This is now Horse#3, for no reason except this was the armature I grabbed to start trying out Chavant clay. It's a soft oil-based plastiline clay that doesn't dry out. It's proving to be too soft for my purposes, but I have a grey block of Chavant too, which should be a bit harder. I'm taking the time to practice head sculpting, whilst listening to my favourite podcast, the Infinite Monkey Cage

Coming along 😊 Just the bird’s legs and some work on the branch and rocks to do now 👍 Who can tell which bird it is yet? (think Europe and Asia).... #birdsculpture #birdart #wildlifeart #sculptureinprogress #sculpting #chavantclay #nickbibby #sculpture #sculptor https://www.instagram.com/p/B4croAohg7V/?igshid=443xmilqsx10

#35: Frills⁠ ⁠ Fun with layering. Working on getting good contrast and depth quickly. I really liked how rough and organic it looked early on, like an alien landscape, but sadly it lost a lot of that liveliness while I worked to refine it. Trying to recapture it by adding subtextures just ended up making it look fussy. Perhaps because there only 1 size of sub-feature, and it needs more variation? Definitely something to work on. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #100dayproject #practicemakesperfect #chavantclay #sculpting⁠ #chavant #sculpture #clay #texture #learning #craft #instasculpture #tiles #handmade #experiment #abstract #frustrating #thesketchwasbetter https://www.instagram.com/p/CKMQLfnBkcl/?igshid=18n5czghzcovv

@sethery_beckerino as depicted in the early morning by the Pacific, i.e. his element. Cast in bronze with a ferric nitrate patina from a Chavant original. Happy birthday!*    *delayed on account of inclement weather     #bronzecasting #bronzesculpture #chavantclay (at Mesa Lane) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmuQ0s1PqJ7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#54: Radiate⁠ ⁠ ...A ripply doodle. I think I'm getting better at the dishy texture, but otherwise it's just some pleasing shapes :)⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #100dayproject #practicemakesperfect #chavantclay #sculpting⁠ #monsterclay #sculpture #clay #texture #learning #craft #instasculpture #tiles #handmade #experiment #xiemtools #abstract #ripples https://www.instagram.com/p/CLHehiyhgC7/?igshid=8v6xflkl1ivh

#53: Positive⁠ ⁠ This was fun, making impressions in a surface with the edge of a wire loop tool, trying to align them to make crosses and to make those crosses flow across an undulating surface. The style doesn't do much for me, but it was satisfying!⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #100dayproject #practicemakesperfect #chavantclay #sculpting⁠ #monsterclay #sculpture #clay #texture #learning #craft #instasculpture #tiles #handmade #experiment #xiemtools #abstract #claystamping https://www.instagram.com/p/CLE73nnB3KN/?igshid=fh7ku5lxacvy

#52: Linenfold⁠ ⁠ This one's inspired by a traditional wood panelling embellishment - a surprisingly easy-to-execute design that gives disproportionately impressive results. It's nice not to have to worry about grain ;). ⁠ ⁠ It was an interesting exercise in what kind of shapes are best achieved by carving (the long grooved tops of the folds), which by carving-then-shaping (sides of folds), and which by shaping-then-trimming (ends of folds). I'll figure it out eventually!⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #100dayproject #practicemakesperfect #chavantclay #sculpting⁠ #monsterclay #sculpture #clay #texture #learning #craft #instasculpture #tiles #handmade #experiment #xiemtools #linenfold https://www.instagram.com/p/CLCU5v5hPLL/?igshid=oi4g6a0rvu10

#51: Tortoise⁠ ⁠ This one was tricky - it's very hard to make parallel lines one at a time, and nearly parallel didn't work! It's nowhere near realistic, but figuring this stuff out is what this learning exercise is about!⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #100dayproject #practicemakesperfect #chavantclay #sculpting⁠ #monsterclay #sculpture #clay #texture #learning #craft #instasculpture #tiles #handmade #experiment #xiemtools #tortoise #tortoiseshell https://www.instagram.com/p/CK_1ge4hTMR/?igshid=1bxrj8saehijq