Week 8

This week we worked on templates to make mugs with the design of our initials. We had to create our design on a piece of paper in which we used to cut out the clay. As well as a circle for the bottom. Next we learned how to pull a handle. I had to get rid of my first as it was to thin. The handle starts as a ball of clay which you dip in water and pull with your hands. You can make groves and different shapes to fit your hand. When you have the right shape. You can cut the handle from the rest of the clay and lay the top of the handle flat then shape the handle and place the bottom flat. Next week I will will put all of the pieces together to form the mug and start carving the phoenix and my initials.