My piece is pretty much almost finished at this point, as it has been sculpted and glazed. The next step for my piece is to fire it and then I'll be finished. My original plan included adding Mickey's shoes at the bottom and glazing them yellow but I had so much trouble with the ears that I just decided not to.
It was pretty difficult to stick the ears to the head but eventually I just cut out holes for the ears to fit into and that worked pretty well. Firing my piece also helped to give the ears more stability. I think the most successful part of my sculpture is that I was able to get a nice, round shape and though it isn't perfect, it is easy to identify what it is. The first thing I had to do was to make a pinch pot by using the coiling technique, after that I had to sculpt and stick the ears and the little buttons. To stick the ears and buttons I used the score and slip technique which involves scratching the surface and then adding some water and sticking it together. After all that was done I fired my piece and when it was done firing I glazed it and then I will fire it again to make it shiny and smooth.
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