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Today, we are going to talk about my pit fire project while it's in the process of getting finished. The process that I used to create my piece is coil. Meaning that I simply begin with rolling out a piece of clay and then pressing a piece of green paper against the clay with the measurements I needed before finally cutting it out. I cut out five pieces in total; in the start, all the pieces were 5 by 4 inches but I had to cut out my bottom piece in half in order to get it in there. Next, I smooth out the pieces with a wet sponge on both sides and allowed it to dry with the help of hair dryer after a bit. Once it was dry enough to stand up on it's own, I begin to glue and slip my pieces together. Scratching out lines on the sides of my pieces before adding some slip in order to pinned it to the base and sides. Once I able it to dry before starting to work on the top of my box and its handler. I simply added some water on the top of my unfinished drying box and pressed it against my paper before cutting it out. However, this didn't work very well for me because I never added enough water so the imprint never came out just right. This lead to the biggest problems that I had with this piece, which is getting the measure just right. I had to redo the bottom and the top mainly because I did by eye or some how messed up on the measurement in general. The other biggest problem that I had is with cracking; toward of my side, I think that I didn't glue just right, having done it at the last minute before the bell rang. It simply didn't set right, leading to problems. However, I do think that my box is successful in its final look because it is pretty identical and spaced out enough to make a decent box for my room. I also think that I am doing a pretty good job on smoothing everything out and smoothing it with a metal spoon in order to get that beautiful pottery shine. I still not done with my box, I still have to finish smoothing it out with a spoon, finish up the top of the box and slip and glue the handler to the top of the box. My design hasn't really changed, it pretty much identical to the one I drew out except for the measurement that I had to change in order to make it work. I don't plan on changing anything that I first plan out; right now, I am simply finishing up what I started. Thank you for reading and hoped you enjoyed!
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