Here I am putting down the first layers of 2 big sculptures.
I am using Coleford brick clay in a very soft state. My ‘coils’ are half bag blocks but they are applied and treated in the same way as any good coil.
The walls are thicker at the base to support the considerable weight of the next layers.
The internal support-walls are thinner.
On very big sculptures these support walls will be discarded when the sculpture is cut into sections.
On medium sized sculptures, that will be cut into parts not panels, the internal support walls will be left in to maintain the shapes Note the finger marks left by the process: these are just like the marks of a serrated -kidney on a smaller pot. Like corrugation they add strength to the wet clay wall and will be left on until the clay is firm enough to hold it’s shape firing.