How Do You Make A Coil Flower Pot From Clay?
• Roll about 3 cups of terracotta clay into a long rope by working the clay back and forth across a smooth, plastic covered surface with your hands. This “rope” should be about 1.5 cm (half an inch) thick, and of even diameter.’; } s += “”; document.write(s); return; } google_ad_channel = ‘+7733764704+1640266093+9911500640+1730213812+8388126455+8941458308+1258424658+7122150828’ + xchannels + gchans; google_ad_client = “pub-9543332082073187”; google_ad_output = ‘js’; google_ad_type = ‘text’; google_feedback = ‘on’; google_ad_region = “test”; google_ad_format = ‘250x250_as’; //–> • Bend one end of your rope back so that it touches the main rope. It should look like a tiny “6”. • Use a plastic fork to scratch a crosshatch pattern into the sides of the loop of the “6” and onto the side of the coil. • Moisten the crosshatched surfaces, and coil the long end of the coil around the first loop. • Repeat until the base of your flowerpot has reached the desired size. • Crosshatch the top of the
• Roll about 3 cups of terracotta clay into a long rope by working the clay back and forth across a smooth, plastic covered surface with your hands. This “rope” should be about 1.5 cm (half an inch) thick, and of even diameter. • Bend one end of your rope back so that it touches the main rope. It should look like a tiny “6”. • Use a plastic fork to scratch a crosshatch pattern into the sides of the loop of the “6” and onto the side of the coil. • Moisten the crosshatched surfaces, and coil the long end of the coil around the first loop. • Repeat until the base of your flowerpot has reached the desired size. • Crosshatch the top of the outermost coil, and the bottom of the long end of the coil. • Moisten the crosshatched surfaces and lay down the coil on top of the base. Press down to seal the two pieces of clay together. • Repeat this process until your flowerpot has reached the desired height. • ‘Run your finger’ along the grooves where the coil layers on itself to help seal the flowe
