clay sculpture
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- noun
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escultura de arcilla
- Pictured is the clay sculpture that artists used to create the mold and cast of his head.
- make a clay sculpture
Examples
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When I was a kid, she taught me how to make bowls and mugs, goofy clay sculptures.
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They could be best described as unfinished clay sculptures.
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I make these clay sculptures.
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Tommy runs to one of the bags and pulls out a clay sculpture he made in his kindergarten in Denver.
Fiction book (1999) -
There is a lot of rich, cherry red around, and clay sculptures that Mrs. Tucker, who has vivid red lips and dark hair, has made with her hands.
Fiction book (2002) -
Last year, she showcased her stunning clay sculpture at the art fair.
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During the workshop, we learned to create our own clay sculptures from scratch.
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The artist spent months creating a giant clay sculpture of a dragon.
How Fragile
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a sculpture made by shaping and molding clay' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'clay' (material) with 'sculpture' (art object), following a common English material+object compound pattern. This construction is cross-linguistically typical and will be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The noun clay sculpture comes from the simple image of soft clay being shaped by hand into a sculpture. So it means 'a sculpture made by shaping and molding clay'.