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3. Pinch Pot Animal

4. Roll tennis ball sized clay into smooth ball

5. Poke your thumb into the ball until you are about 1/2 “ from the bottom of the hole

6. Squeeze your thumb against your fingers, thinning out the walls of the hole to about 1/2” thick. Turn the ball as you squeeze to make an even wall throughout the entire pot

7. This is what it would look like on the inside

8. This is what it looks like from the out side

9. Repeat the pinch pot process with the small ball

10. Using a very small lump of clay roll a coil

11. Form the coil into a ring around your index finger; blend the ends together

12. Any time you attach one piece of clay to another, follow these steps:

13. 2. Slip is applied.

14. 3. Score both surfaces.

15. 4. Press together firmly.

17. 5. Blend the seam.

19. Attach the ring of clay to the opening of the small pinch pot. Slip Score press blend.

20. Fit the neck of the small pot into the opening of the large pot. Adjust the size of the large pot opening to fit.

22. Remove the head from your clay pot` ythbvc xz -+

23. All animals have a snout. The circle shows the head shape you have now. Next you will see how the snout changes the head shape to look more like the animal

24. Create a snout for your clay pot creature, start with a small ball of clay

25. Model the clay into the shape you want for the snout

26. Attach the snout to the head shape Add slip to both shapes Score both shapes

27. Attach the snout to the head shape Press parts firmly together

28. Attach the snout to the head shape Blend the seam line

29. The mouths appear at different places on the snouts.

30. Cut the mouth open

31. Press or carve holes for the eyeballs Form two equal clay balls for the eyeballs

32. Fill the holes with slip Press the eyeballs into the holes

33. Make coils for eye lids Add the coils over the eyes Blend only the top of the lid

34. Poke holes for the nostrils or add a nose

35. Add ears and/or horns

36. Now we will work on the bottom of the pot, which will be the animals body First remove the head and set it aside

37. First we will shape the legs. Think of the different types of animal legs

38. Most animals have a hip shape that the leg is attached to

40. The arms are attached directly to the body

41. Most animals have a hip shape that the leg is attached to

42. Short fat tails can stick out Long thin tails must lay against the body

43. Place the head on the body, be sure that the neck fits into the opening.

44. Your sculpture is now ready to glaze

45. Choose a few small areas to which you will add color.