[Image description: a hand holding a short cylinder made of braided strands of clay scored and slipped in layers.]

  • Hoohoo@fedia.io
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    1 year ago

    Would braiding clay like that do the opposite of giving it strength? Normally braiding works, but pottery is brittle, so I would expect each strand to have more brittle connections.

    Looks cool though

    • thrawn@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      Probably, you can already see some cracking in the stands. I did make another taller braided cylinder that made it through both bisque and glaze, but I don’t like it much, as the braids are much less even than this one.