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Originally Posted by Red Orchid
Okay I am impressed that is perfect. Now please share how you accomplished that perfection.  |
Ok so wrapping a flat piece of clay about a round pot will clearly be an issue in which you have too much clay in some areas and not enough in others. And pushing it into place causes it to be lumpy. So what I tried, and it worked, is that I held one end of the clay piece and took the other and repeatedly stretched it over the pot gently and over a number of repeated tries, the clay stretches and forms the the pot a little more each time. WARNING: take your time as going too fast creates the definite possibility of the clay tearing. Once the clay forms to the pot, allow excess to over lap and quickly cut a line over this overlap which essentially creates two ends that should line up and be perfect matches for one another and hold that seam together for a few seconds. The polymers will want to bond. Trim excess clay in other areas and you're done.
I will fire this as it is now and place the feet and the rim next so as to preserve the smoothness of the sides. The clay, once fired will harden but added soft clay afterwards, and then fired again, seems to make no matter--the clay will still bond. Lets hope I'm right!
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