Modeling clay

History

Plasteline

The Italian Tschudi with the XIXe Century proposes a first alternative with the plasteline (with a L), matter made up of Kaolin, Soufre and plasticizer (Lanoline or Glycérine).

Plasticine

The British William Harbutt (1844 - 1921), professor of Art of Bathampton, close to Bath, invents as for him the plasticine (with one c). It is made up of Cire and of Huile is much more flexible and allows the addition of Pigment S. It will quickly sell quantities of its invention with various professions which will find there applications practical. This invention would have been made in 1897 . William Harbut, creates a work speaking about her methods which will develop in the workshops of art: Harbutt' S Plastic Method and He Uses Plasticine off, in the Arts off Writing, Drawing & Modelling in Educational Work , London Champan and Hall Ltd., 1897.

Some claim that modeling clay was invented by Franz Kolb of Munich, in Germany. In 1880, it sold “ Kunst-Modellierton ” (“art to be modelled at the house”), its invention was similar.

The modelling clay, based on the technique of the plasticine is usually sold since 1908, it is used in this form as well by the children, the teachers, as in cinema of Animation.

Use in cinema of animation

See more details in the article Animation in volume

Quickly, my modeling clay finds a choice place in animation, with the King Kong of Willis O' Brien in 1933, where one sees for the first time of the characters animated in modeling clay interfered with actors in Prise real sight, then the films of one of its admirors then colleagues, Ray Harryhausen which will develop of advantage the kind.

Names famous like those of the Czech Jiří Trnka and Jan Švankmajer, or of the Russian , Ladislas Starevitch will give their noble letters to animation in modeling clay.

More recently, the British, Nick Park, like his studio, Aardman make popular this technique again, with various short films, then the series of famous the Wallace and Gromit, gaining two Oscars for both short films: The Wrong Pants (1992) and Closed Shave (1995). they will name their technique of modelling “ Claymation ”, concatenation of the English word “clay” which means Argile and of the word animation.

Plays and toys

For the plays, modeling clay is generally sold in bulk for the children, generally, a whole including/understanding of the elements of ten different colors.

The company Play-Doh will leave in the Seventies a series toys, mixing modeling clay and objects out of rigid plastic, such as for example a workshop of hairstyle or modeling clay will imitate the hair while leaving cranium of the character by holes, under the pressure exerted by a mechanism and a crank.

More recently, it appears also in certain board games, such Cranium or the players must model a form that the other players must guess, or even Rapidough.

To make modeling clay

Ingredients

To carry out modeling clay, it is necessary:

2 glasses of Flour
½ glass of Cornstarch
2 spoons with soup of Oil
½ glass of salt
2 spoons with soup of Alum of potassium (in pharmacy)
2 water glasses
of the food dyes.

Realization

To mix the Ingredient S in cool water.
To whip to avoid the appearance of Grumeau X.
To cook while continuing to mix (with a spoon out of wooden preferably) until the formation of a large ball.
To let cool.
To add the dye S.
If the Pâte is too sticking, to add flour.
to preserve in a Hermetic box .

Various names

Plasteline, used in animation or more generally in sculpture or model making;
the Plasticine, most widespread for the plays and animation;
Clay (industrial plasteline), English term, indicating one of the 2 first.

See too

Clay
Athletics (use for the long jump and triple-jump)
Paste with salt
Animation of modeling clay
Wallace and Gromit
Chicken Run
Heads with opera hats (http://www.tetesaclaques.tv/)

Polymer clay

Sculpey

Play-Doh (Different in that it hardens when it dries.)

Rex the Runt

Morph (character)

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External bonds

Another plasteline receipt
Site of the company of Franz Kolb

References

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