Terra cotta sculpture

Genre: Television

Year Published: 1957

Creator: KQED San Francisco Merrell Gage Edward Freed Richard Harber Daniel Wiegand Kenneth Miura David Johnson

Format: 16mm

Description: Discusses the use of terra cotta clay in sculpturing. Shows the modeling of a figure in terra cotta clay. Explains the nature of this medium and the problems of working with it. Tells how terra cotta clay differs from ordinary modeling clay. Demonstrates the "inside-outside" method of working with terra cotta. Illustrates with examples of completed figures in different kinds of terra cotta clay. Features Merrell Gage, sculptor and Professor of Fine Arts, University of Southern California. (USC) Film.


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