Coil Pot and Finished Pinch Pot

The pinch pot did turn out the way I wanted it to, but it was hard to make the curves as deep as I wanted them to be. Making the handle and the top symmetrical was also hard to do. It just took a lot of patience to get the pot to eventually shape the way I wanted to. I also had to score and slip some more clay onto the area where I originally scored and slipped the top to the bottom the surface even out. If I could change something on my pitcher, I would have spent more time on the handle because looking at it now there is a small dent on one of the edges.

Pinch Pot:Pitcher

Slip and Score: Use a dull blade to scrape up the clay you are attaching and the place you are attaching to, then spreading slip, really wet soggy clay, over the scored places ad connecting them, then using slip to work the two together. If the two pieces are not slipped and scored it will fall apart or break in the kiln.
To make the bottom of my piece symmetrical I used "lazy susan"(turning table) to even out the sides and make sure it looked the same at every angle. The top part is not symmetrical, but on each indented edge I faced them towards me to make sure that a straight view from a side would make i look symmetrical.

Margrit Betke

Margrit Betke is a computer scientist who has developed attachments for computers so people with mobility handicaps can use a computer by moving their head. My father has multiple sclerosis and this device is made for people in the advance stages of the disease. Her camera mouse, camera canvas, and Animate! programs have enabled people who cannot move their arms and hands well or at all to usea computer, draw on a computer or make animations.