This clay was always going to be the most difficult to use.
The clay seemed too dry to use. It is short (not plastic) and cracks readily. So this is a method of getting more water into already damp clay...
Clay is sliced and finger holes are made in the surface |
Water is poured on |
The slices are piled up |
Normally the pile is left for a while, but in this case I wedged it straight away |
The clay is bashed, flopped and rolled out as in previous plates |
Flopped over the mould |
Pressed down with a rubber kidney |
Edge cut off |
Footring attached |
It looks great! |
Oops, not so great. This is only a few hours later. |
Attempt at a repair. Scoring the crack... |
... push in sausages of clay... |
... smooth out... |
... flip it over ... |
The cracks are on the front too |
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