Figure Sculpture with Sara Myers (Nov 2024)

This 3-day workshop is a perfect introduction to sculpting with clay. You will produce a half-sized torso from life.

You'll learn everything you need to know to create a small sculpture, starting from how to build an armature to how to prepare your sculpture for firing.* Along the way you'll learn about anatomy, tools and materials, and all the steps needed to create a life-like torso in clay.

In addition you will learn

- how to approach a half-life size figure by scaling the sculpture up and down and sectioning the torso.

- sculpting with structure including 5 short anatomy focus talks which look at anatomy of the torso.

- how to dig out your sculpture ready for firing.

Sara Myers is a classically trained freelance sculptor who has worked for, among others, Warner Bros and Madame Tussauds. She also has works in private collections around the world. To read more about Sara, check out her bio on the Society of Portrait Sculptors page.

Sculpting is not only a rewarding, hands-on experience by itself, but is also a great way for artists of all disciplines to improve their knowledge of anatomy and the three dimensional nature of the human figure.

This course is suitable for all levels, and there will be a maximum of 10 students. All tools and materials will be provided, however please be aware that you'll be taking your work home with you! Sara recommends bringing either a large plastic box with some weights, or a large piece of wood to clamp/screw to the base of the sculpture. If you have any questions, fire away at [email protected].