Chapter 1
The birth of the clay model
Chapter 2
Sculpting with steel and sweat
Chapter 3
Playing with light and lines
Chapter 4
The digital hand-off
Ch 1 · The birth of the clay model
audi Automotive Clay Modeling
Harley Earl shaped the clay to see how it would bend, Letting three-dimensional curves sweep from end to end.
BETA
audi Sculpt clay models and shine lights to learn how designers reveal a future car's shape.
audi Clay Model Armatures
Beneath the warm clay of a future car, A light foam skeleton rides a metal bar.
Fun Fact
Clay model weight: A full-size clay car model can weigh up to 4,000 pounds, requiring heavy-duty steel platforms to move around.
Quiz
Before designing mass-market cars, Harley Earl built custom vehicles in Hollywood for which group?
Quiz
Who was the General Motors president who established the Art and Colour Section in 1927?
Quiz
Which automotive brand hired Harley Earl in 1926 to design the groundbreaking LaSalle?
Quiz
To what approximate temperature must industrial car design clay be heated to become pliable?
Quiz
What lightweight material is typically used to fill the bulk of a clay model's volume?