Plasticine
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Today, he makes brightly colored, highly animated papier-mâché face coverings that he builds by layering strips of recycled newspaper dipped in a flour, water and salt paste over Plasticine forms.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 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
"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
I'm pondering a William Mitchell-size take on Street View's little yellow man; provided I can get enough Plasticine in time.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 28, 2012
The palm trees we made out of pieces of larch and yew fastened by Plasticine to the tops of elder twigs—and elder twigs have a graceful carriage, not too upright and yet not drooping.
From Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities by E. (Edith) Nesbit
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