Firing Up an Army of Clones
To gain insight into ancient techniques-and to produce statues for sale-the museum has installed a workshop to re-create terra-cotta troops. A worker loops coils of wet clay to form the body and arms of a reproduction(right). Placing a hand inside the body for support, he beats the coils together with a paddle. Fingerprints and paddle marks found in broken ancient statues confirm the technique’s authenticity. Freshly molded hands(below) await attachment. Ancient craftsmen also used molds to mass-produce heads and ears. Armor details were sculpted manually(right). A Half inch of fine clay was laid over each molded head and hand-worked to give each its own character. Heads were fired separately(bottom right) and later attached to bodies.
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