Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Alien Clay™ is Chavant's newest precision sculpting medium. Available in soft, medium, and hard varieties, Alien Clay™ is solvent-friendly, non-toxic, and has consistent quality and color batch to batch. Finished sculptures can be safely molded with silicone.

In this video we demonstrate using Alien Clay™ to sculpt a life-size creature bust. The clay can be softened in a warming oven to make it quick and easy to bulk out rough shapes on an armature. At higher temperatures Alien Clay™ is malleable enough to trowel onto the armature to build out the back of the creature's head. As the clay softens, details of the form can be formed with wire and ribbon tools. When cooled to room temperature precision detail can be sculpted into the surface and the appearance softened with isopropyl alcohol. A slurry is made by dissolving Alien Clay in naphtha, which is then used to make a warty texture on the piece. As the sculpture is built in layers, the cool grey color of the clay helps the sculptor identify high and low points on the sculpt.

Since 1892 Chavant has been an industry-leading producer of high-quality clays and non-drying plasticine. Learn more at alienclay.com

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