Plasticine

American  

[plas-tuh-seen] / ˈplæs təˌsin /

Trademark.

1. a brand name for a synthetic material used as a substitute for clay or wax in modeling.

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Plasticine British  

/ ˈplæstɪˌsiːn /

noun

1. a soft coloured material used, esp by children, for modelling

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Example Sentences

“I’d been making these massive Plasticine resin paintings. I was so into it. I’d just shown in the Venice Biennale, and I wasn’t ready to not make something ambitious,” she says.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2024

The animation technique used in both that short film and the ads, like most of Vinton’s work, was stop-motion, using Plasticine clay, ushering in what might be called the golden age of clay animation.

From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2022

Of course, thoughts of a national-treasure franchise were unlikely to be on anyone’s mind at the time, but this 25-minute tea-cosy space epic rendered in Plasticine was surely robbed, if only by Nick Park himself.

From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2019

"If that proves too taxing, then they are asked to organise a fashion parade or make Plasticine models," he added.

From BBC • May 9, 2013

Collect them—the thinner the better—you can make mosaic floors of them, fastening them in their place with glue or a very thin layer of Plasticine.

From Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities by Nesbit, E. (Edith)