this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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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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[–] allotrope 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How did it get smashed prior? Looks almost woven, I really like it!

[–] thrawn21 2 points 1 year ago

Dropped another piece onto it and caved in one side :(

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Amazing! Its a shame it didnt make it but ver 2 will probably have all kinds of improvements!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year 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

[–] thrawn21 3 points 1 year 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.