Word: clay
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...holding the day-long workshop on a Friday would prevent most undergraduates from attending but added that other, similar workshops were often held on weekends. Such workshops, which are offered free or at a reduced price to undergrads, supplement the program’s semester-long courses, drop in clay modeling sessions, and Clay All Night party...
Some of Barnard’s more technical points may have been lost on amateur clay enthusiasts anyway. When, at one point during the demonstration, Barnard asked for a bat, at least two participants rushed off to the back, returning moments later with a round board used to enlarge the wheel’s surface for bigger projects. Soon after, while watching Barnard manipulate the clay, one observer marveled cryptically to another, “look at how he uses the spiral there, brings it in and pushes it out again...
...point, placing a huge chunk of reddish clay on the wheel, Barnard alternatively pressed and stretched the shapeless mass into an imposing two-foot tall tower. Within minutes, he reshaped the mound into an attractive vase. He lifted it off the wheel and began to prod it with his fingers, smushing in the smooth, round sides and denting the upper lip quite a bit. “Now,” he says, satisfied, “it feels heavy...
...were pretty excited about how we did,” sophomore Clay Johnson said. “The mistakes we made were recognizable and correctable...
Kaminsky had no idea that a photographer had captured the event until FM appeared in the door of the Currier Ten-Man—a door which is now plastered with the picture along with the caption “The Rise and Fall of Clay Hubbard Kaminsky,” an extra touch from his roommates...