The starting point here is buildings. Interesting buildings are all around us,
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A rolled out flat slab of clay forms the basic shape on which you can add small rectangles to make bricks and windows. Your flat tile may depict a shop front with produce or a street display of the items being sold in the shop. You could press interesting shapes into the clay to show windows, a mailbox or steps leading to a door.
Most people wear something on their feet,
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A solid rectangle of clay with another fixed vertically at one end to form an "L" is a simple way to start a boot. Your fingers are the best tools for joining these together,
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Look carefully at the stitching,
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You can form thin coils by rolling the palm of your hand over the clay on a flat surface and then use these for the laces of the boot,
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Starting with a rolled out thick disk of clay for the base, you can make a pot by wrapping coils around and placing them on top of each other to make the walls of the pot. Red earthenware clay is a good choice for this project, glazed or left natural.
To experiment with your coil pot,
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Fellow human beings are all around us. They wear different clothing,
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Drawings can help you with the proportions of the body. Beginners can make their human model flat onto a board to eliminate all the complications of getting it to stand up and the difficulties associated with clay when it is fine and likely to break. Starting with an egg shape for the head,
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The clothing for example,
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Making a clay sculpture inspired by the objects around us is another good idea for beginners. Bowls of fruit, bottles of wine, pots and containers are in most people kitchens. Making some drawings first will help you with the shapes, and by using coils and slabs you will be able to make the objects without the need for many tools.
To begin any still life project,
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A wine bottle, for example, can be made from a short coil and squeezed at one end to make it narrower. You can push your thumb into a ball of clay to form a dish and fill it with balls and more coil shapes for apples,
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