The plasticity of clay is an excellent material to model physical features and explore how those features determine body shape and function. You can also create character traits and emotions by shaping the face. Students use their hands and common household utensils to create an animal from a lump of clay. As they create their own animals, they give them a personality and explore body form and function of other vertebrate animals within a species. Workshop can focus on either birds or fish.
Clay Animal Sculpture
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning > Programs > Clay Animal Sculpture
Program Artist(s)
- Mark Yasenchack
Program Details
Art Form(s)
Visual ArtsCurriculum
ScienceGrade Level(s)
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12Participant Limit
30Program Available As:
- In-School Workshops
- After or Out of School Workshops
Educator Resources:
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