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Made this guy a few years back, but sadly it got smashed before it made it into the kiln. Been thinking about making a (neater) version 2.0 (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by thrawn21 to c/pottery
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[Image description: a hand holding a short cylinder made of braided strands of clay scored and slipped in layers.]

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Would braiding clay like that do the opposite of giving it strength? Normally braiding works, but pottery is brittle, so I would expect each strand to have more brittle connections.

Looks cool though

[โ€“] thrawn21 3 points 2 years ago

Probably, you can already see some cracking in the stands. I did make another taller braided cylinder that made it through both bisque and glaze, but I don't like it much, as the braids are much less even than this one.