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Pinch Pot Animal

Roll tennis ball sized clay into smooth ball

Poke your thumb into the ball until you are about 1/2 “ from the bottom of the hole

Squeeze your thumb against your fingers, thinning out the walls of the hole to about 1/2” thick. Turn the ball as you squeeze to make an even wall throughout the entire pot

This is what it would look like on the inside

This is what it looks like from the out side

Repeat the pinch pot process with the small ball

Using a very small lump of clay roll a coil

Form the coil into a ring around your index finger; blend the ends together

Any time you attach one piece of clay to another, follow these steps:

2. Slip is applied.

3. Score both surfaces.

4. Press together firmly.

5. Blend the seam.

Attach the ring of clay to the opening of the small pinch pot. Slip Score press blend.

Fit the neck of the small pot into the opening of the large pot. Adjust the size of the large pot opening to fit.

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All animals have a snout. The circle shows the head shape you have now. Next you will see how the snout changes the head shape to look more like the animal

Create a snout for your clay pot creature, start with a small ball of clay

Model the clay into the shape you want for the snout

Attach the snout to the head shape Add slip to both shapes Score both shapes

Attach the snout to the head shape Press parts firmly together

Attach the snout to the head shape Blend the seam line

The mouths appear at different places on the snouts.

Cut the mouth open

Press or carve holes for the eyeballs Form two equal clay balls for the eyeballs

Fill the holes with slip Press the eyeballs into the holes

Make coils for eye lids Add the coils over the eyes Blend only the top of the lid

Poke holes for the nostrils or add a nose

Add ears and/or horns

Now we will work on the bottom of the pot, which will be the animals body First remove the head and set it aside

First we will shape the legs. Think of the different types of animal legs

Most animals have a hip shape that the leg is attached to

The arms are attached directly to the body

Most animals have a hip shape that the leg is attached to

Short fat tails can stick out Long thin tails must lay against the body

Place the head on the body, be sure that the neck fits into the opening.

Your sculpture is now ready to glaze

Choose a few small areas to which you will add color.