Workshops

hand-building clay sculptures
hand-building clay sculptures

Quincey has taught students how to use the armature system she invented in 2020.

clay slab workshop
We use the fabric armature as a pattern for cutting the slab.
hand-building sculpture
Students use tools provided by Quincey to construct sculpture & paint it.
hand-building a sculpture
Student joins front & back of torso around Quincey’s special fabric armature.
clay slab building
With the torsos finished, now we form the face.
handmade clay face
Student hand-building a clay sculpture. She’s already “pushed from within” and is now adding from without.
handmade clay face
Shaping the face on your knee, helps it hold it’s curve, as you build up the nose & lips.
handmade clay face
Student cuts open the lips, which were formed by pushing from within.

The possibilities are endless, for what you can sculpt…below are just a few sculptures made by Quincey Grace–using her armature system which will be featured in the upcoming 6th edition of John Toki’s textbook Hands in Clay, due out in 2023.

colorful handmade figurine
handmade clay figure
Quincey Grace Process
clay Halloween sculpture
asian figurine