There are different ways to form and mold clay, but I used the coil method. By using this method, I was able to make my bowl as high or as wide as I wanted. To connect the coils to one another, I used the slip and scoring method where I roughed up the surface I wanted to connect clay to, then I used slip. Slip is basically wet clay that helps mend clay together. I learned by observing other people make their clay mugs, not to make the coils to thin because there will end up being a hole in the side of the mug. Thankfully, I never had the problem of my coils being too thin since I was making a turtle bowl that is a decent size. The biggest problem I had in making my turtle bowl, was that I did not make the base circle thick enough. Therefore, I had to wait until my clay had dried a little before I attached my legs to the bottom of the bowl.
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May 2015
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