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I want to make use of the word sculpture. Here is an example:

He can make his sculpture out of a plaster.

Grammatically, is my example correct? Can I use 'by' or 'from' or 'with' instead of 'out of'?

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    If "plaster" refers to the substance you would usually say "made out of plaster". "Made out of a plaster" often refers to an object, but may be used if there are several types of plaster available. Which is it here?
    – Peter
    Commented Aug 26, 2020 at 11:54
  • You can use several prepositions here (of, with, from,...) but probably using is the most likely term.
    – FumbleFingers
    Commented Aug 26, 2020 at 14:36
  • - just feed the string was made * plaster into Google Ngrams to see which prepositions are most common. Apparently I'm mistaken, and using is the least common of the top 7 hits).
    – FumbleFingers
    Commented Aug 26, 2020 at 14:40
  • @Peter yes it is a substance. Me should use 'made out of plaster'??
    – Unknown
    Commented Aug 27, 2020 at 2:03

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Grammatically He can make his sculpture out of plaster, or from plaster are correct and have the same meaning. Using by plaster would be wrong, as you would use by for a process, eg He can make his sculpture by carving a piece of plaster. With plaster or using plaster don't actually specify that the sculpture will be made out of plaster, eg He can make his sculpture with a hammer and chisel.

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