The Jaguar I-Pace was unveiled a few months back on a backdrop of excitement for the new model, coming from both media and the industry as a whole. The Tesla contender was supposed to be a hit among ...

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 ...

While digital innovations have sped up processes throughout the automotive manufacturing cycle, some things are better when done the old-school way. Case in point: clay modeling. CAD drawings are ...

The automotive industry moves fast. It wasn't all that long ago that diesel was being peddled as the next big thing. Then, just a few short years ago, deadlines were being set for the demise of ...

Depending on who you ask, talking about car companies making clay models during the designing process will elicit either an "I'm sorry, what?" or "Well of course." Sculpting facsimiles of in-progress ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Every automobile you've ever seen once started as a full-size carefully sculpted clay model. Constructing these models can cost automakers hundreds of ...

When it comes to designing enclosures which aren’t simple boxes or other basic shapes, the design process tends to get somewhat tedious and involved as the number of measurements to be transferred ...

The “rare and exciting” complete handprint was probably made by the maker of the item who touched it before the clay dried, an Egyptologist at Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum said. The imprint was left ...