Daniel Rivera is from Guatemala and is one of the few artists in the world who makes sculptures using modeling clay.<\/p>\n
DANIEL RIVERA<\/strong> Take a look at what he\u2019s capable of... This is a replica of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, one of the sculptures he's most proud of.<\/p>\n He replicated the interior and exterior of the church with the clay. It took him eight months to complete it.<\/p>\n However, once it was completed, he had to destroy it in order to build new ones.<\/p>\n DANIEL RIVERA<\/strong> He also made this sculpture of a peacock. It was made for the Ambassador of India to Guatemala.<\/p>\n He also made this church from Guatemala...<\/p>\n and this piece used during Holy Week.<\/p>\n He's a self-taught artist who dreams of getting a scholarship to study in Europe and continue his education.<\/p>\n DANIEL RIVERA<\/strong> Among his projects are a sculpture of St. Peter\u2019s Basilica at the Vatican and Central American monuments to commemorate the Bicentennial of their independence.<\/p>\n At 20 years old, he has taught himself how to make works of art and has even designed a mechanism to prevent them from collapsing during earthquakes.<\/p>\n Without a doubt, he possesses a great talent that is bringing back the art of using modeling clay, a material that's for so much more than just child\u2019s play.<\/p>\n JMB<\/p>\n Translation: CC<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" February 7, 2021. Daniel Rivera recently exhibited his sculpture of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0tQuPJo28WA","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bartistaplastilinaeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bartistaplastilinaint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45672"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPlasticine sculptor
\n\u201cWell, here in Guatemala, I am the only plasticine sculptor, but worldwide, I\u2019m not sure. There must be a few. Apparently, there aren't many plasticine artists because it\u2019s not a commonly used material. I don\u2019t know why.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPlasticine sculptor
\n\u201cThat\u2019s the sad ending. The thing is that I am a person of limited resources. Due to lack of space and not being able to buy more plasticine, the Notre Dame Cathedral exhibition had to be destroyed. I am forced to reuse all that material. It is sad to demolish something that took eight months to built and then destroy it in less than two days.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPlasticine sculptor
\n\u201cThere are many good artists here in Guatemala that abandon their passion because there are no opportunities in art-making.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n