The resource for Automotive Sculptors, Design Students and anyone interested in three dimensional objects made from industrial styling clay. Studio locations, materials and invaluable information for the newcomer to this fascinating world of clay sculpting.
This is where the next generation of automobiles start!
Clay Modeling GO TO Links
- Clay, Application to Refinement
- A website dedicated to clay modelers, design students and anyone interested in free tutori...cut...
- Claychat
- An internet cafe for clay modelers worldwide to catch up on the latest gossip.
- Chavant Clay
- Supplier of industrial and fine art clays.
- Car Design News
- Online resource for automotive design plus forums.
- Claysculptors Forum
- Forum to compliment the Clay, Application to Refinement website.
- Eberhardfaber
- Shape your ideas with Faber clay.
- Alternative Automotive Design
- The online clay modelling resource.
- Kolb Technology
- For more than 100 years Kolb has been producing and supplying solutions for the creative w...cut...
- Tarus Milling Machines
- These machines are used primarily in Automotive Design Studios for Milling and Scanning Cl...cut...
- Sculpture Tools
- Randy J Hilliker is the sculptor behind this website supplying modeling tools at prices yo...cut...
- Cerra Modelling Tools
- Quality modeling tools manufactured in Victoria, Australia.
- American Art Clay
- Supplier of fine art materials and industrial clay.
- Multifilla
- Complete art and craft materials supply warehouse.
- Clay Modelers Forum
- New forum board for the Claysculptors Website. User friendly interface with independent si...cut...
Books for the Auto Enthusiast
Build Your Own Electric Vehicle
With gasoline at an all time high this could be the answer.
Amazon Price: (as of 12/25/2009) 
Auto Legends: Classics of Style and Design (Auto Legends Series)
All important designs that influenced todays vehicles
Amazon Price: (as of 12/25/2009)
American Car Design Now: Inside the Studios of America's Top 15 Car Designers
The book is built on interviews with key designers and design managers at Ford, Chrysler and General Motors.
Amazon Price: $25.13 (as of 12/25/2009)
The Winning Solar Car: A Design Guide for Solar Race Car Teams
This book provides an introduction to all aspects of designing, manufacturing, and racing solar cars.
Amazon Price: $29.99 (as of 12/25/2009)
Modern Chrysler Concept Cars: The Designs That Saved the Company (ColorTech)
Chrysler's incredible run of attention-getting show cars started with a cast-off that was gathering dust in a back room of the company's Pacifica Design Studio in Carlsbad, California.
Amazon Price: (as of 12/25/2009)
Design Reference Magazines
Expert reviews and opinions
All good design stems from research, these links will keep you up to date.
- Automotive News
- The weekly newspaper for the Automotive Industry covering all aspects from design to production.
- Automobile
- Auto shows, reviews, new cars, future cars, photo galleries and more.
- Road and Track
- Your convenient one-stop shop on the web for the best in automotive-related stories.
- TTAC
- The Truth About Cars, car reviews, auto editorials from insightful and Knowledgeable auto experts.
- Autoweek
- Weekly updates and reviews in the automotive world.
- Car and Driver
- Monthly features and road tests, the worlds most popular automotive magazine.
- European Car
- Road tests, technical information with an emphasis on aftermarket performance.
- Lowrider
- Events, how-to guides on lowriding.
- Super Street
- How-to performance on compact cars.
Blogs/Webs to Watch
What the man on the street has to say.
- GM Blog
- Insight into the world of General motor, rationalization of their business decisions.
- Auto Extremist
- The bare knuckled, unvarnished,high octane truth. A no holds barred look at todays auto industry.
- Metamorphosis
- Helping to understand the art of clay modeling.
- The Car Connection
- The Web's Automotive Authority.
- International Automotive Design
- This formidable design house in the 1980's has risen from the ashes and is fronted by the son of John Shute, Simon Shute.
IAD had been riding high until the collapse of one of its large customers, the the Leyland-DAF truck conglomerate prompting John to sell the concern to Mayflower Corp. a major producer of stampings for trucks and cars. - Product Design Forum
- Design chat room for exchanging ideas.
- Core 77 Forum
- Design forum for exchanging ideas, processes.
- Car Design Online
- Car Design Online is an internet resource for the automotive design community and the interested individual or professional.
- Concept Car
- An online resource for automotive design, industrial and product design and the future of transportation.
Design Schools USA
These premier design schools offer the education needed to succeed in the field of Automotive Design and Clay Modeling. The majority of Automotive Sculptors have a Design Degree from one of these institutes.
- Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California
- The Academy of Art University is a private, proprietary institution of higher education offering professional study at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the fields of art and design.
Academy of Art University - Admissions Department
79 New Montgomery Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105- 3410 - Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
- Art Center College of Design has been a leader in art and design education for nearly 75 years. The College offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in a wide range of disciplines, as well as Public Programs offering design education to all ages and levels of experience.
Art Center College of Design
Hillside Campus | 1700 Lida Street Pasadena, CA 91103
South Campus | 950 South Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91105
Admissions 626.396.2373 admissions@artcenter.edu - College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio
- The College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning at the University of Cincinnati is charged with undergraduate and graduate education in the design, environmental, an art disciplines.
Information on the whole college:
Postal Address
College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning
University of Cincinnati
PO Box 210016
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0016
Phone
513.556.4933
Fax
(513) 556-3288
Information on the School of Design:
Postal Address
School of Design
College of DAAP
6415 Aronoff
University of Cincinnati
PO Box 210016
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0016
Phone
513.556.6828
Fax
513.556.3288
Email
Dorothea Cloke
dorothea.cloke@uc.edu - Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
- The Cleveland Institute of Art was established in 1882. Over the years it has earned a reputation for being among the top ten professional colleges of art and design in the country.
The Cleveland Institute of Art
11141 East Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-1710 - College for creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
- The College for Creative Studies, formerly known as the Center for Creative Studies, is one of the nation's leading arts education institutions. CCS is a private, fully accredited, four-year college located in Detroit, offering Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in eleven studio majors.
College for Creative Studies
201 East Kirby
Detroit, MI 48202-4034
T 313.664.7400
F 313.872.2739 - Pratt Institute, New York
- The School of Art and Design offers one of the finest and most comprehensive professional art and design education available.With a distinguished faculty and
exceptional technical and studio resources, gifted students from throughout the United States and the world come together at Pratt, forming an unmatched assembly of creative
energy and opportunity.
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn Campus
200 Willoughby Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
11205
718-636-3600
Manhattan Campus
144 West 14th Street
New York,NY
10011
212-647-7775
Southern California Design Locations
Southern California is regarded as the hub of automotive design. Nearly all main stream manufacturers have a presence there with design facilities trying to break into the next hot theme to hit the market.
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