WARREN, Mich. (AP) -- Car designers have every kind of software and virtual reality tool. But when they want to make sure a car's curves look just right, they rely on one of the world's oldest ...

Living Host Jaclyn Friedlander joins Wendy Ives from Artful Designs to create festive clay pumpkins just in time for ...

Stylists at Mazda Motor Corp. are renowned for their faith in old-school clay modeling when it comes to creating the brand's curvaceous Kodo car designs. But to perfect the voluptuous bends and molten ...

Digital imaging, virtual reality and 3D modeling have improved in the past decade but most designers and decision-makers are still unprepared to approve new designs without physical models. It's ...

London design studio Native & Co has used five different clays to design a set of tableware that's matched to specific oolong teas. The Wu collection includes five tea sets, originally made for an ...

A visual diary by Design Editor Wendy Goodman. The finished wall sculpture surrounded by handmade ceramic furniture and objects, including a cobalt dividing screen, stoneware oval table and bronze ...

Selecting the right colors is essential when working with Ndebele patterns. The traditional palette includes bright hues ...

For all the technology that goes into fabricating a car, its design process is still stubbornly analog. A car designer’s most valued tools and materials sound not unlike a fourth grader describing how ...

DEARBORN, MICHIGAN: American automaker Ford Motor Company is using clay to craft, re-craft and recycle the pliable stuff, to design its car models. “We are constantly being influenced by new ...

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