A musical instrument made from clay, nails, and ceramics beads created beforehand. Good for discussing mixed-media in clay.

1. Rainstick Project
A musical instrument in clay

2. Finished Examples

6. Stage one: beads

7. Stage two: newspaper cylinder

8. Add newspaper until 3 inches in
*diameter*

9. Slab roller

10. After rolling out slab, cut pieces to form
rough square. Blend seams and roll again.
Making slab wider: Blending seams:

11. Stage three: cut and fit *clay slab*

12. Trim down edges in straight lines

13. Roll clay slab to fit cylinder

14. Trace bottom for base

15. Cut out the round clay slab to create circle to
cover the bottom of the rainstick.

16. Slip base on while rainstick is
upside down, smooth lines

17. Turn rainstick back over and remove newspaper.
Add nails about 1 ½ inches apart into clay.

18. Add beads and cut out circle for top
of rainstick, slip and smooth
Add initials to bottom. Last step:
poke a single hole into the bottom
to release air.