SO I am really into art.
But not the 2-d art, I like the three dementional aspects like ceramics and wheel throwing.
I know there isn't a big demand for that online, but does anyone else absolutely love working with clay?

humm.. i love painting greenware, but ive never actually made my own ceramic or clay-ware? im really fond of working with metals though.

Oh man, I only started recently, but I adore making maquettes. I've been hoping to sell some, but they're awfully expensive to make in the first place!

Originally Posted by fongmingyun

Oh man, I only started recently, but I adore making maquettes. I've been hoping to sell some, but they're awfully expensive to make in the first place!

what are thoes?

Originally Posted by Jitsumi1221

humm.. i love painting greenware, but ive never actually made my own ceramic or clay-ware? im really fond of working with metals though.

Do you make your own glazes to paint with?

Maquettes are like models - they're what animation studios use, often to get a better sense of the characters.

This is the one I did for class.
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49863693/

Here are some DeviantART maquette artists:
http://shapestrong.deviantart.com
http://mumbojumbo.deviantart.com

Originally Posted by fongmingyun

Maquettes are like models - they're what animation studios use, often to get a better sense of the characters.

This is the one I did for class.
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49863693/

Here are some DeviantART maquette artists:
http://shapestrong.deviantart.com
http://mumbojumbo.deviantart.com

I like that last one.
The one you did is really good.
I made a person once, but its not very good and I couldn't get the head right do I didn't add it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...c/PA250205.jpg

nope im afraid i bought all my paints and then brought it all home to work on stuff before taking it back to the place to get fired. i used to do this when i was a lot younger though with my mother ^^'' havent actually had the change to paint anything in a pretty long time now.

I bought some super sculpey and wanna try to do some ^_^

Originally Posted by luciole

I bought some super sculpey and wanna try to do some ^_^

Go for it. Working w ith your hands is fun.

.....Does it mean I'm going to have to trim my nails?

clay feels wonderful when i'm working with them *A*

the results aren't so wonderful XD

Originally Posted by luciole

.....Does it mean I'm going to have to trim my nails?

Nope. not if you dont mind the underneath getting dirty, I have long nails they actually help sometimes.

Ihave short nails, and I hate having to pick clay out from under them.

going ot have to take a trip to the art store eventually.

Originally Posted by fongmingyun

Ihave short nails, and I hate having to pick clay out from under them.

going ot have to take a trip to the art store eventually.

Were do you live?
Because in New York City there is a pearl paint store that is four stories tall!

That's random. We have a Pearl Paint here, too - but it's only got three stories.

Originally Posted by fongmingyun

That's random. We have a Pearl Paint here, too - but it's only got three stories.

well kuz you mentioned you were going to the art store, it made me think i haven't been to pearl in a long time.

I use to.
See.
My mom is really into it.
Or was.
But then she got sick.
So I don't even think we own clay anymore.
Which is really sad.
Cause I loved it.
I found it way easier.

my very first sculpey sculpture! XDDDD i uh.. didn't check the oven tray when i baked it and it turned out to be oily >>;;; so the oil soaked up into the bunnies and changed the color T___T

and then one of the ears broke off >>;;;;

then I sprayglossed it XD

C&C welcommmmmme! how do i get rid of fingerprints? ><;;

When you sculpt it to avoid fingerprints one thing you can do is use gloves. Seriously just bum some gloves off the chem department or bio department. If you actually want to buy em, almost any store has gloves. It's what I do when I work with clay. I imagine it'd work with sculpey clay too. :) Just wash your gloves and let em dry again later if you didn't make holes in em. ^_^ Gloves don't work for clay pots; you don't need gloves for that.

Also if you need structural support, for large clay items, one thing you can do is work with newspaper and wire. I do it all the time because I'm too lazy to clear the center out--when you do that it has a stupid tendancy to ruin the shape a bit.

If you start with newspaper and paper tape, like you were going to papermache, and then you use a bit of wire, and then top clay on it, you can do really large scupltures and it works out fine. I've done that, but my problem right now is painting those is a little annoying because it's not flat. It's not like canvas. So I'm still refining that.

Commissionwise, never going to do clay for online just because shipping charges is insane... But..it is a very fun hobby I think. :) Messy but it's messy in a fun good way. May sound weird but I like the way cold wet clay feels as you're shaping it. :)

i love ceramics i signed up for it for next year but i never did it just look so fun to do

^^ I think you'll probably like it. I've never really met anyone that just absolutely hated working with clay. Even though I'm not really ubergood at it, it's still fun.