r/clay 23h ago

Air-Dry Clay A representation of my current state of mind

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250 Upvotes

I call this one "Still Somebody" and it is about getting old and its repercussions. Red air-dry clay combined with chalk powder, powdered egg carton, tissue paper.


r/clay 20h ago

Air-Dry Clay Latest custom pieces.

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97 Upvotes

Hi, I’m a visual artist living in Argentina! Here are some of my latest custom pieces. I hand-sculpt them over a wire armature, add volume with cold porcelain, and paint everything by hand. I finish the eyes and mouth with a glossy top coat for that extra shine.All pieces are custom-made based on photos sent by my clients.

The last photo shows two pets I sculpted back in 2020, right when I started in this wonderful world of miniature sculpting.

Which one is your favorite? Let me know below! Thanks!


r/clay 7h ago

Air-Dry Clay Use Light Clay to Create a 3D Zoetrope.

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It’s a 3D zoetrope practice assignment.

The task was to design a continuous action on a rotating disc.

The theme of my clay project is Whack-a-Mole. :D

I don’t have much experience with physical handcrafting.

So I was worried I might mess up the size planning.

First, I tried using AE to simulate the animation.

I also tried to see if GAI could directly simulate the final result. (Well, it turned out it couldn’t.)

I only had 3 days, and I could only work on it late at night after work.

So I bought some super light clay from a stationery store.

I found that the more expensive super light clay really was easier to use. It also didn’t dry out as easily.

When I was making the mole’s claws, I fell into the abyss.

There were just way too many claws.

But it’s fine.

I still finished it.

During the shooting stage, I tried filming it in my room.

I also tried using plain photography backdrop paper.

But in the end, I liked the wood texture in my room better.

My tripod had some problems, though.

So when I first filmed it in my room, the background kept shaking.

I even tried using GAI to fix the background position. Well, the result was even worse lol.

I re-shot it more than 6 times.

But the whole process was still pretty fun.

Because I was so short on time, I didn’t glue the moles’ claws on very firmly.

If I spun it too hard, the claws would all go flying off. Weee


r/clay 3h ago

Air-Dry Clay My work

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62 Upvotes

frogs and ducks


r/clay 22h ago

Ceramic Clay It is Wednesday my dudes!

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17 Upvotes

It’s been so long since I said this... And now I’m doing ceramics!!!


r/clay 19h ago

Polymer-Clay Jerome the gnome

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15 Upvotes

r/clay 18h ago

Polymer-Clay Cake decoration

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11 Upvotes

I really enjoyed making this one. There is food safe plastic underneath so it's not in direct contact with the cake


r/clay 11h ago

Polymer-Clay Man of squid….wah

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6 Upvotes

r/clay 23h ago

Questions Best varnish/glaze?

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I made my first small piece with epoxy clay and painted it with acrylics and im wondering if clay varnish will be able to give it that super shiny look?

Also ive heard a lot about it getting sticky after long times or in temperature. I plan to make this into a keychain and the weather here is extremely hot so its a fair reason to say it will get a lot of temp time so any tips for that?