The clay bends as it fires

When this was dry from being made, all the tendrils had  separated on the outer ends, and curled up away from the body where they were meeting it as I made it.  They had only been attached on the inner ends.  Some of them even broke off (thus the wider spacing between some.)

After bisque firing, they remained separated on the outer ends...about a quarter to a half inch away from the body.

So I dipped them into white glaze, and voila...they moved right back down and reattached to the body.

Clay also becomes very fluid in a hot temperature.