Handbuilt Elements Robot Planer

Designer: Kaitlyn Gilham

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Instructions

  1. Start with about ½ to ¾ of a pound of clay
  2. Create a wide, shallow pinch pot
  3. Using a flat surface, mold this into a  longer rectangular shape (this will be the shoulders of your robot
  4. Create an additional small rectangular pinch pot that is about ½ of the width of the first but slightly taller 
  5. Roll a small coil, about 3 inches long and the thickness of a pencil and one half
  6. Add a ribbed texture to the coil by drawing lines in the clay with your pencil tip
  7. Connect the two pots together using the coil as the neck, the longer pot rim down as the shoulders and the smaller pot rim up as the head. Slip and score to connect these pieces
  8. Flatten two small pieces of clay and cut your desired shapes for the eyes and attach them to the face by slipping and scoring
  9. Smooth out your connections with your fingers and water
  10. Let your pot dry slowly
  11. Once it is completely dry, bisque fire your pot to cone 04
  12. Coat your pot with 3 coats of EL119 Burnished Steel leaving the neck and eyes blank
    1. NOTE: Always allow your glaze to dry completely in between coats
  13. Using a detail brush glaze the eyes and neck with three coats of EL120 Black Ice
  14. Use stilts to fire pieces to cone 06

        Supplies

        Form

        • 1 1/2 to 2 pounds of low-fire white clay

        Colors

        • EL119 Burnished Steel
        • EL120 Black Ice

        Decorating Accessories

        • Soft bristle brushes
        • Detail brush

        Miscellaneous Accessories

        • Needle tool
        • Sponge
        • Water
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