Pottery making takes more than just a wheel and a hunk of clay. In order to make well-formed pieces, you’re going to need some tools. A commonly used, do-it-all implement is the handy wooden modeling ...

In an era of computer-aided design and 3-D printing, one traditional craft remains in automakers’ design studios: full-size clay models. For 80 years, clay modelers have used their hands and tools to ...

Tomorrow’s Michaelangelo will never even touch clay. Not if he gets his hands on Beautiful Modeler, amazing new software that lets you sculpt with the iPad. The tool, by interaction designer Karl D.D.

In the era of 3-D computer modeling and Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets, you’d think the car industry might give up on clay modeling. But in fact, the age-old art of layering thousands of pounds ...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — In an era of computer-aided design and 3-D printing, one traditional craft remains in automakers' design studios: Full-size clay models. For 80 years, clay modelers have used ...