It's A Start

[thebcb]

I've taken some scrap clay, mushed into working condition with my hands, ran it through the thickest setting on my pasta machine a few times, and trimmed it to measure six inches tall and 3.5 inches wide. It's gonna be the backside of my bookshelf.

Comments

[xingularity]

Can't ya bake the back and then bake on the front later? I never understand the baking rules with this clay. :) I understand there's a threat to over baking and then burning it, but would that happen?

[thebcb]

Yep, you can bake more onto it as you go. The risk is pretty much what you've said, plus the potential for cracks in the clay from over baking. If I have the bookcsae back, for instance, all baked, and then I decide to make some shelves, the bitch of that is that I'd still need some type of adhesive to hold the shelves onto the back, because the back is baked and will no longer easily blend into the raw clay. So, the adhesive I would need to use would have to be very strong, and also quite heat resistant. Liquid clay does all right, but it's a little weak. Super glue wouldn't withstand enough heat. I'll have to keep messing around with it and see what works :)