Steps of making a fine Dunhuang clay sculpture

(ECNS) -- How many steps does it take to make a fine Dunhuang clay sculpture?

Here it goes:

1. Build a skeleton with logs

2. Use Achnatherum splendens or reeds to tie up the general structure of the figure and fix it.

3. Use coarse mud and fine mud to make shape and surface, facial features, pleats and accessories and other details.

4. Sculpt in details.

5. Use clay molds to create reliefs and wreaths, beads and corolla decorations of figures.

You can also make some parts in advance, which will save times and avoid spoiling its fingers and toes.