I just finished making my first Cow sculpture out of clay. Working with clay is so much different than working with wool. It has been fun working with a different medium and I still have so much to learn. Hopefully she comes out of the kiln ok. 
You may wonder why I would choose to make a cow? I love cows. 🙂 I have been around cattle all my life and have had the opportunity to study every part of them. I can almost work without a picture but not quite. I grew up with cows, working with them daily, breaking them to lead and showing them etc.
I look forward to sharing the pictures of the finished project. I am nervous about glazing her and how she will look in the end, but I will share pictures either way, I promise. 🙂
My First Clay Cow Sculpture Part 2
how much would you charge for a clay cow like that?
I’m not sure Logan. If you read the 2nd post in the series you will see that something happened to her in the kiln plus I’m not that great at glazing yet. 🙂 My needle felted sculptures of the same size and quality are around $500 so I’m thinking probably the same range if I get to that point. Thanks for asking.
Great work! If you try another cow, make sure the clay is not thicker than 1/2 an inch thick. If it is, you can use a needle to pierce the sides so the clay can both dry and fire with less problems. You can smooth over the tiny holes in the clay. I teach pottery and scupturn and this is a common problem.
Thank you Ramon, I will definitely keep this in mind next time!
Also you can buy clay with grog, or add grog to your clay body, (small fired grains that have already shrunk to give strength to sculpture). All sculpture specially with variation in thickness needs to be fired much more slowly!
Good luck again:)
Ramon
I love this! Thanks so much for the advice, hopefully my next clay sculpture comes out in one piece. 🙂
Great job! I love cows, too. My Grandpa used to have them. Can’t wait to see the end result, even if you like it better now 🙂
Well done! You have a great talent!
Beautiful!