Its difficult to add clay to a press mould with out leaving lines where the pieces of clay have been added to each other. In addition there is the potentially prominent line where the halves have been joined. The dilemma is, do you make these joins a feature, even adding texture to the external wall before putting in the mould, or try and smooth them over.? if not smoothing then enhance the texture after removal from the mould, or carve in? I tried these options on the next two small balls. v4 was textured using an oyster shell, starting with an area of pre-existing texture v5 had some attractive but localised marks from the clay filling and I started to enhance these with a metal carving tool (central image). The lines spread all over the ball. Tutorial reaction? not deep enough! I want to see how it looks glazed.
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AuthorI am indulging my passion for ceramics by undertaking studies for an MA at UCLAN Archives
August 2021
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