A process

 Clay comes in a big bag. Heavy. Plastic which keeps it from getting dried out and hard.

Cut some off and then wedge it down (to make sure no air bubbles are in it)

Roll it through a wonderful slab roller device, where the clay becomes thinner and thinner each time.

Then cut, tear and assemble any way you wish.

So besides dragons (more on Number 4 in a minute) I needed some new orchid flower pots.

In process...

This is as the clay is drying, at it's most fragile stage before being bisque fired to cone 06...about 1300 degrees F.

If I want to stain or glaze it, I then can do that before firing it to cone 6...(2330 F) quite a bit hotter, which vitrifies the clay such that it will be food safe, or in my case, hopefully mold safe.

I may add color in some places. Haven't decided yet!

I did make 2 other flower pots, smaller. They are now finished bisqueing.

Glaze is on the flower pots

The round one was easy enough to apply glaze.

But the square one was much harder, since the tub which I used to catch the glaze as I poured it over it was just a bit small.  And so the hairdrier was used to dry off the very thick glaze, and then I could rub it to a bit thinner coat.

Today's quote:

I am, therefore I thank.

Cindy Lubar Bishop