What kind of clay is clay sculpture made of?

Yellow mud with good viscosity, if any, is diluted with water into mud soup and dried. When the water evaporates to a certain extent, a layer of fine mud paste will be fine. This is the most elementary material and is also used in general school teaching.

Even better, there is another kind called Mujietu, which is sold on Taobao. A pack of tens of dollars is also very easy to use.

If you want to make things more detailed or show more details, you need to carve sludge, which is also available on Taobao.

Clay sculpture, commonly known as "painted sculpture", is an ancient and common folk art in China folk tradition. That is, folk handicrafts that shape clay into various images. The production method is to mix a little cotton fiber into the clay, tamp it evenly, knead it into mud blanks with various patterns, dry it in the shade, coat it with base powder, and then color it. It takes soil as raw material, hand-shaped, or plain or colorful, with figures and animals as the main ones. Clay sculpture is commonly known as "painted sculpture" and "clay play" among the people. Clay sculpture originated in Fengxiang County, Baoji City, and is popular in Shaanxi, Tianjin, Jiangsu, Henan and other places.