Alex Irvine
Ceramic Sculpture: Making Faces
- ISBN 13:
- 9781454707769
- author:
- Alex Irvine
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Lark
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 128
- Dimensions:
- 21.6 x 1.5 x 27.9 cm
- Genre:
- Home & Garden, Crafts, Pottery & Ceramics
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Ceramic Sculpture: Making Faces A Guide to Modeling the Head and Face with Clay by Alex Irvine. Learn how to capture the subtleties of human emotion in your ceramic sculptures. This comprehensive guide takes you through the process of creating facial expressions, from understanding the anatomy of the skull and face to building heads and adding features. You'll discover six universal facial expressions - happiness, sadness, anger, fear, surprise, and disgust - and how to convey their nuances. With detailed instructions and expert advice, Alex Irvine shows you how to bring your sculptures to life. The book also covers options for finishing and firing, ensuring a professional finish. A gallery section of work from figurative clay sculptors provides inspiration and ideas to get you started.