You will need:
■ Clay – earthenware or stoneware
■ Aplaster plate mould – press or hump will work equally well
■ Rolling pin, plastic sheet, roller guides – max 5mm thick
■ Protractors – look for sets with different sizes; they will be useful for lots of things
■ Ribs and tools, including a pin
■ Paper, pencil and ruler
■ Underglazes in a selection of your chosen colours
■ Transparent glaze
■ Clock mechanism – buy this before you make the clock, so you know how big to make the housing hole
Before you begin:
This project uses a plaster mould to make the face of the clock.
Ready-made moulds are generally widely available from pottery suppliers, but PotteryCrafts, Stoke on Trent, have a particularly good selection similar or make the face using the foampress method if you have a former of a suitable size and shape.
