Clay Sculptor

Clay Sculptors work with the type of clay various gods have used to fashion people out of.

Methodology

Working in material and conjuring.

There are different traditions of clay sculptors as in everything. A major issue is where they get the clay that they use. Some keep their best creations on display as a statement of their abilities.<ref name=CP/>

Notable Practitioners

• Hodgston Family<ref> - False Moves 12.a</ref>
  • Asher Hodgston

Related Others

• Clay Pigeon<ref name=CP>Clay Pigeons is the slang name used by a subset of Clay Sculptors to refer to trial runs of their work, though some will poetically and airily refer to Clay of the New West. When sculpting various modes of life, much effort is put into certain body parts, and because divine breath is often more expensive than the clay that clay sculptors use, the end result may be to create many iterations of a limb - sometimes five, sometimes twenty, and sometimes fifty, tacking them onto the bare necessities for life, and then breathe life into them. Then, when the creature comes to life, each limb may be pulled out and analyzed to see the results of the craft. The Clay Pigeon idea endures primarily because this happens a great deal with the tricky construction of wings, but knees and other odd animal parts may be similarly featured.
  
  The Clay Pigeons may have started as a necessary exercise to perfect the craft, but in certain circles they have become a statement. Some Clay Sculptors may invite colleagues over, while keeping thrashing, grunting, flapping, and stumbling Clay Pigeons fenced in or leashed on either side of the walkway into the property. The effort is implied (or outright boasted) to be a symbol and sign of hard work. To have a Clay Pigeon with twenty arms suggests diligence, they believe, and that is the subculture. Another 'superstition', at the same time, has created its own dynamic: a belief that it is supremely bad luck to let a creation see the clay pigeon that contributed to the artistry of its being. In actuality, the reasons why this would be bad are pretty apparent, and it's a self-reinforcing thread in a subculture where many Clay Sculptors may treat their best creations as caged birds: one more reason to keep that prized creation locked away. - WildBow on Discord</ref>
• Immure - Clay that gains life but is not shaped, gaining volition on its own as things come into it.
• Emotion harvesting Doll set<ref>Jabber is fashioned of the same kind of clay that gods would breathe life into & was hollowed out to serve as a hallow and host of sorts. He was made as part of a set of dolls with interlocking functions. One to stir up feelings and another to collect/ one to refine and one to recycle. - [8.7 Spoilers] New Other Correspondence #2</ref> (Jabber)

References

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