How to Make Pottery - How to Make Ceramics – Handbuilding Pottery and Ceramics. Tutorial: Hollow Form Beads. Paper Clay, Magic Water, Magic Mud recipe, slip - Lakeside Pottery Ceramic school and Art Studio in Stamford Connecticut. When to use Magic Water?
Magic water is used when the bond between two pieces of clay is a suspect for cracking during drying or bisque firing. Cracks can occur in the following conditions: When one piece of clay dries faster than the other which typically occurs when it has a smaller mass or thinner than the other piece (e.g., a mug handle). When one clay piece is applied to another piece that is already a dryer leather-hard (e.g., when waiting is required for a thrown pot to harden before applying hand-built piece).
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