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NISSAN DESIGN NEWS LETTER NISSAN DESIGN NEWS LETTER Volume 2 Volume 2 Welcome to the World of Clay Modelers The dog looks like it is about to take off running. If you look closely, you can almost feel the energy and life in it, with the skin stretched tightly over its realistically reproduced frame and muscles. A shoe stands ready to kick a soccer ball, the leather supple and the cleats appearing as if they just came off a soccer field. Then there is the delicate bonsai and a dramatic Ukiyoe figure. Weimaraner made of clay Soccer ball and cleats Ukiyoe What do all of these pieces have in common? They are all made out of clay by artists with superb craftsmanship and observation skills. They are all made by “clay modelers.” Nissan’s renowned clay modelers’ usual subjects are future generations of Nissan and Infiniti cars, but they regularly create pieces such as the dog and the bonsai to further develop and hone their modeling skills. Bonsai “I carve and shave while imagining what the subject is like in motion. I try to bring new life to an object. I think that’s something that can only be done by human hands,” says Makoto Kimura, an