PROJECT FOUR
DIFFICULTY RATING
You will need:
■ Smooth clay type – earthenware or stoneware, preferably white
■ General tools and ribs
■ Mini extruder (alternative suggested later if you don’t have one of these)
■ An underglaze colour
■ Brushes for applying u/g and glaze
■ Transparent or white glaze.
■ Wire for attaching the parts and hanging
■ Short length of dowel
■ Cutting tool for the wire
1 Begin by forming a ball of clay sufficient to sit in the palm of your hand.
2 Press the thumb of your other hand into the centre of the ball until you can feel some pressure in your palm.
3 Lift the ball into the position shown and begin to pinch the base between your fingers and thumb until reduced to a rounded even thickness no greater than 5mm.
We do this first because the area becomes increasingly difficult
