AAMMAAZZIINNGG SSCCUULLPPTTUURREE YYOOUU CCAANN DDOO AAMMAAZZIINNGG SSCCUULLPPTTUURREE YYOOUU CCAANN DDOO E. J. Gold GATEWAYS BOOKS AND TAPES NEVADACITY, CALIFORNIA Copyright © 2009 E.J. Gold, All Rights Reserved Copyright © 2009 E.J. Gold, All Rights Reserved Cover design by Marvette Kort Front and back cover art by E.J. Gold Photography by Christiane Wolters No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the copy- right holders, except bya reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper, internet publication, or broadcast. Distributed by Gateways Books P.O. Box 370 Nevada City, CA95959 1-800-869-0658 http://www.idhhb.com http://www.gatewaysbooksandtapes.com ISBN Softcover: 978-0-89556-258-6 D EDICATEDTO R F ENZO ENCI R C USSEL ANGIALOSI AND B G OB LOVER Welcome to my beginning sculpture class. I will share with you the results of over 60 years of sculp- ture experience and many secrets learned at Otis Art Institute under the tutelage of master sculptors Renzo Fenci, Russell Cangialosi and Bob Glover, to whom I dedicate this book. 1 Not all sculpture is done with clay. You can sculpt out of a variety of materials. But for our learning purposes, clay is best. For basic sculpture classes, we will be using Roma Plastilina grey-green #2. #6 is strictly for indus- trial design. It is very hard and stiff. #1 is too soft, and will not hold a good shape. Roma Plastilina comes from Sculpture House. It's merely river clay probably from a tertiary channel. It comes in 2lb. blocks. It is not water based so it doesn't ever dry out as does ceramic clay. It will out- last you. It is made with mineral oil. The kind you use in the kitchen to clean butcher blocks, etc. It is wrapped in waxed paper. This is a 2lb. block of Roma Plastilina. This is how it comes to you. Be sure to unwrap it before use. 2 When I say sculpting clay, I only ever mean one kind of clay, Roma Plastilina #2 grey-green. When I say sculpture tool, I only mean one kind, The Tool, the 403Afrom Sculpture House. 3