Dive into the detailed process of creating a stunning Predator diorama, featuring a custom-sculpted figure seated on a handcrafted bone throne. This comprehensive tutorial guides you step by step, ...

An unlikely social media star has been born in the heart of D.C. Her mission, share the wonderful exhibits at the National Gallery of Art to new audiences specifically, Gen Z. How is she doing it? By ...

In a studio in Tianjin, a clay statue of the writer Lu Xun stands apart from the more familiar figures of Chinese folklore that surround it. Unlike the bright works traditionally associated with the ...

“The ancestral African tradition to which I belong tells me that clay is a portal. It is not inert. It breathes and it remembers,” writes Dr. Jareh Das, curator of “Body Vessel Clay: Black Women, ...

During the Kofun period (300 to 710) of Japanese history, people buried the dead in large mounds with many grave goods. Scattered around the mounds were objects called "haniwa" — clay cylinders topped ...

When Japanese laborers were digging up a hillside to widen a highway a year ago, they unearthed a cache of hundreds of small clay figures. Callously the highway crew smashed the figures into the ...

In this polymer clay tutorial, we create the Goopy Chrome character alongside Paradigm Skin, who is in the Reality 659 Moonbase Battle Suit. Both figures are crafted from polymer clay and painted with ...

Clay Austin doesn’t just create art – he excavates it, pulling it from the neglected corners of Dallas with discarded fragments of billboards and the weathered walls of forgotten spaces. For decades, ...

Get the best of Vancouver in your inbox, every Tuesday and Thursday. Sign up for our free newsletter. The Vancouver Art Gallery is getting its hands dirty, in the best possible way, with a duo of ...

A team of archaeologists in Iraq, led by Sebastian Rey, the British Museum’s curator of ancient Mesopotamia, has uncovered compelling evidence of the empire’s formidable bureaucracy. The discovery, ...

Five figurines from the San Isidro deposit. Scale in centimetres. Credit: J. Przedwojewska-Szymańska / PASI After a detailed analysis, Szymański noticed that by threading a string through these holes, ...

Crumbling clay figures, worn with time and neglect, became a symbol of rebirth to Mexico City photographer Álvaro Alejandro López when he created his 24-image series, “The Breath of Life.” Sculpted as ...