3D- Introduction to clay.

In our first session we looked at the properties of clay. The task we were given was to try and make the tallest free standing sculpture. These two are structures just using clay without really strengthening it in anyway. You couldn't build a tall structure like this because of the properties of the clay.

We then tried the coiling technique, which is making long thin tube shapes and spiraling them around to make it look like the piece below, this made it so the structure could be taller as the was it was built made it stronger. For this technique to work better though you have to keep the shape straight or make the base wider than the top.

The other thing that we tried was putting clay around a length of wire. This worked the best out of all the techniques as long as the clay wasn't to heavy for the wire to hold as this causes the wire to bend when you put the clay around it.