hand-sculpting
nounUK /ˈhænd ˈskʌlptɪŋ/
US /ˈhænd ˈskʌlptɪŋ/
The act of making shapes with your hands from clay or dough.
She spent the afternoon hand-sculpting a little clay turtle.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The process of shaping a material by hand rather than with a machine.
The factory uses machines, but this workshop prefers hand-sculpting.
3. A handmade sculpted object or artwork.
The museum displayed a hand-sculpting of a horse made from stone.
4. The art or skill of creating three-dimensional forms by hand.
He studied hand-sculpting to improve his figure-making skills.