clay figures

Shaped earth statuettes

Clay figures are small sculptures made from clay, typically shaped by hand.

The term covers everything from ancient artifacts to children's craft projects to professional ceramic art.

Clay figures may be left to air-dry or fired in a kiln for permanence: The museum displayed clay figures from the Han dynasty.

She made clay figures of her family for art class.

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greenware · air dry · folk art · garden ornaments · votive offerings · portraiture · mold · pottery wheel · pinch · pinch pot · armature · coil · ritual objects · sacred objects · kiln firing · glazing · toys · shape

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material composition

clay figuresstone sculptures

Art carved from rock

marble statues · bronze sculptures · wooden carvings · glass sculptures · metal sculptures

permanence and durability

clay figuresmarble monuments

Carved rock commemorative structures

marble statues · eternal flames · pyramids · Mount Rushmore · Colossus of Rhodes

scale and monumentality

clay figurescolossal statues

Immense carved likenesses

public monuments · Mount Rushmore

Family

clay, figures, sculpture, figurine

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G