Do kids ever truly outgrow the clay-molding stage? The soft texture oozing through your fingertips and the way it easily molds to just about any shape in seconds is enticing to little ones and can ...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — In an era of computer-aided design and 3-D printing, one traditional craft remains in automakers' design studios: Full-size clay models. For 80 years, clay modelers have used ...

The film demonstrates the process of sculpting a clay portrait, detailing the importance of armatures, measurements, and techniques used to create a three-dimensional representation. The sculptor ...

Despite the dominance of digital tools in modern engineering, leading automakers continue to craft full-scale clay models for new vehicle designs. This labor-intensive tradition, still prevalent in ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Every automobile you've ever seen once started as a full-size carefully sculpted clay model. Constructing these models can cost automakers hundreds of ...

Ford announced it is now recycling almost 2,300kg of its modeling clay each year. Despite digital design technology, the automaker still builds full-size clay models of its vehicles. "We are ...

Steve Gordon works on one of his fountains at Art Escape Pottery Studio on Tuesday, Sept. 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) When taking Steve Gordon’s pottery class, be prepared to set aside all ...