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My experience with clay is limited to a few pottery classes taken as a child. Working with this material is very much and experience of touch-a material (unlike the others) that is easy on the hands. Wood can splinter and glass can cut. Clay is soft and malleable, you can alter and change it with only your hands. The sense of touch plays and important role. The clay reveals every touch. Human traces are easily left. As I began to work, the clay felt softer than I had remembered.You must throw the clay before you use it-it removes the excess air in the material. This came back to me. My hands had a memory for the tactile nature of the clay and the way it felt was not right. After throwing the clay on the table it was firmer, more familiar. The object that I created is rough. It contains none of the expert touches that a trained individual would leave (or not leave as the case may be). It shows irregularities. It is forgiving in many ways. I made forms and then with little effort I could destroy them. The process with clay is and additive and subtractive. I continued to form remove, add, destroy, form, remove..... | ||||||||
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