PINCH POT CREATURES
By Wanda Powe
Las Cruces, NM Educator
CUT SMALL PIECE FROM CLAY FOR ADDING HEAD
AND OTHER FEATURES.
FORM LARGER PIECE OF CLAY INTO A BALL BEING
CAREFUL NOT TO FOLD IN. POUND CORNERS AND
EGDES UNTIL RECTANGULAR PRISM FORMS INTO
OVAL FORM AND THEN GENTLY ROLL AND SQUEEZE
INTO BALL.
MAKE PINCH POT KEEPING HOLE AS SMALL AS
POSSIBLE.
CUT DOWN VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY (LIKE A
PLUS SIGN) ABOUT ½ INCH FROM TOP THIS IS TO
FORM THE LEGS. IF YOU WANT A FROG OR FISH SKIP
THIS STEP THE OPENING CAN BE THE MOUTH OF
THE FROG OR FISH.
PULL LEGS AND MAKE IT STAND.
CUT CLAY FOR HEAD, SAVING WHAT YOU NEED FOR
OTHER FEATURES.
FORM HEAD AND ADD DETAILS.
SCRATCH AREAS TO BE ATTACHED AND ADD WATER.
(SCRATCH AND SLIP)
ADD HEAD BY TWISTING TO GET OUT AIR BUBBLES
AND SMOOTH OUT LINES.
ADD OTHER DETAILS WITH THE SAME SCRATCH AND
SLIP TECHNIQUE AND PINCHING AND PULLING.
DRY AND FIRE!
FINISHED PROJECTS