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Clay Measuring Tips
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Finishing Clay Plates
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Clay Plate Finishing Tips
Summary: Drying out the bottom of a clay plate is the first step to finishing your piece. Learn how this is doen in this free video clip from a clay pottery expert.
Chris Cook received a BFA in ceramics and sculpture from Southern Oregon University where he studied raku, studio ceramics, stoneware, and various firing techniques under Jim Romberg....read more
"Now that we got it this far, we can go back and clean it up on the inside, pushing down all the while. You might think it looks like a bowl, but I'm not done yet. Keep on pushing down. It's all right. There we go. Alright, I want to check it. At this point I like to take my potter's knife and make it real dry down there, to scrape off all the goo, scrape off all the extra clay. Just dry it up, because the dryer this clay is, the better off you're going to be when it comes to this next move we're going to do, where I'm going to make a rim, and it's going to make sure this thing makes it through the firing process without warping, and all the compression that we did is going to make sure we get through the firing process without cracking."
eHow Article: Finishing Clay Plates
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