The document provides a step-by-step process for making a ceramic bird feeder from start to finish. It describes throwing clay to 1/4 inch thickness, cutting out pieces, scoring and adding slip to join the pieces together to form the walls and roof. Multiple glaze colors are then applied individually to different sections, such as pink on the flowers, blue on the water lines and grass, and multiple colors on the windows. The bird feeder is fired twice, and the finished piece has a border to hold birdseed and a design intended to attract birds.

1. Anderson 1
BelindaAnderson
Debi McGuire,Instructor
Social MediaMarketing
February23, 2017
Start to Finish of a Ceramic Bird Feeder
I love towatch the birdseat.So, I thoughtI wouldmake a feederforthem.Istartedbythrowingclayto
a forth of an inch.I cut out each piece. Atthattime, Iscored eachside witha puttyknife andaddedslip.
If you forgetto score and add slip,the pieceswill notstaytogether. Eachpiece wasthenputfirmly
togethertocreate the walls.The roof couldthenbe addedontop of the walls byscoringand addingslip.
Whenthe top half wasassembled,itwasplacedonthe bottompart (whichsymbolsthe grassand
water) don’tforgettoscore and addslip. The borderisplacedon last(score and slip).Itisa piece of
rolledupclay. Afterplacingall partstogether,theywere smoothed. Atthatpointitwastime to put in
the designs andcut out the door
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He’sare all one color.I thinkthat theyare pretty,but I wantedmore life inmine.Colorsmake iteasier
for the birdsto findit.I guesstheythinkitissome kindof flower. Intothe Kilnitwent.
Once out of the Kilnandcooled,Ibeganto put glaze onit.One color at a time.Asyou can see inthis
picture,Ihave alreadyputpinkin the flowersaroundthe bottom andblue asthe waterlines.Itook
turquoise anddidthe grass.Nextcame the walls,theyare done inblue. The windowswhere the hardest
to do,because I hadto applyfour differentcolors,eachputonone at a time, one overthe others.
White,yellow, red, andorange, itgivesitthe lookasif lightsare oninside of the house. The roof isdone
ingray, withorange Sunshine razes. One more time,off tothe Kilnforafinal firing. The borderaround
the outside holdsinthe birdseed.Theycanstill make amessout of theirfood.

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And thatis a Bird Feederfromstartto finish.Hope youlike thisstep-by-stepoutline.