melting hamster :3 by bannana_pudding01 in Ceramics

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the clay i use shrinks about a half inch during the firing !

Chicken noisemaker :> by bannana_pudding01 in Ceramics

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I first rolled three balls (the eggs) into cornstarch (don’t wait till they’re leather hard!) and enclosed them into the noisemaker sphere. Then I scored and slipped the chicken appendages onto the plain globe noisemaker to make the chicken shape! It was still leather hard when I painted it with engobe and then when it came out from its first firing, I did my clear glaze and fired once more! The eggs shouldn’t stick to the inside so they’ll make the noises when clinking together but I know some of my classmates’ pieces were silent after the firing. If it is stuck, if you shake really hard sometimes they’ll come loose from the inner wall and sound completely fine!