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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.


Plasticine British  
/ ˈplæstɪˌsiːn /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The entire film is visualized using Plasticine models, with a poetic voice-over that dramatizes Vicenta’s inner monologue.

From New York Times Sep. 22, 2023

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

If it is only a here-to-day-and-gone-to-morrow city, Plasticine is good—the least touch of it seeming to make things safe which otherwise might totter to their ruin.

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

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