Summary: It is important to make sure that all your edges are smooth when making things out of clay. Learn how to attach the base tray to a clay plant pot in this free video clip.
Emily Owen was born and raised in Austin, Texas. Owen earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and a bachelor's of Science from the University of Texas in Austin with a total of 180 hours...read more
"So, on the second piece and all of the pieces after that you go ahead and get the bottom nice and scored. Put the slip and score in at the bottom of this piece. But, as you can see once you set it up here it's going to end up with this end pressing against this piece. So, this end also needs to be scored. And, then the piece that it's going to be pressing into needs to be scored and slipped as well. So, once you've got those nice and goopy slide it all the way up against the other piece and then press it in. Get that corner really firmly pressed against the other corner. And, then once you're sure that you've got a firm connection take your needle tool and just line it up with the piece that you've just put on so that you have a good square corner. And, then just go back in and secure this and do that two more times with the other two pieces making sure that you cut the end of each time. So, that you have a nice even square."