Introduction to Clay Figurative Sculpture Online Course by Cristina Córdova, Domestika English

Explore expression, character, and the human figure to construct a unique clay bust using the slab building technique: Body language, movement, and expression are what give life to any structure and the medium of clay gives you the opportunity to explore them. Ceramic artist Cristina Córdova specializes in figurative sculpting, combining ceramic construction techniques with traditional modeling. She plays with both naturalism and abstraction to explore the human figure. Cristina has won several International Association of Art Critics Awards, and her work is part of a number of permanent collections across the US. In this course she shows you how to hand sculpt a hollow ceramic bust using the slab building technique. Learn the foundations of building a threedimensional form, and explore anatomy