The first step to pod building, at least the way we do it in class, is taking a bowl and putting tissue paper in it ( the blue stuff) and then we take a chunk of clay and throw it in the tissue paper. then we compress the middle of the clay and form it to the shape of the bowl. The tissue paper makes it not stick, and it makes it pop out of the bowl easier.
The next step after making two of those is to smush them together. once they are sufficiently smushed, then you take a rib and smooth it all out. Better than the one I did in this picture. From there you can start forming the picture with the ribs, a magic blanket, and water. I have a really hard time with form for some reason. Lisa says she needs me to turn my left brain on and my right brain off. This is my first pod. I was attempting some sort of rose.It turned out alright for my first pod. I'm going to put eight fo the pods I make, which will all be some sort of wierd flower, into an armature and have it as a garden design of some sort for my grandmother.
