Snowman Rattle

This is a clay snowman shaker that I made in my ceramics class last month. To make this snowman I started with six pinch pots. Using those pinch pots I created the snowman's body. I slipped and scored the pinch pots and attached them together. To make the snowman rattle and make noise, I put clay balls inside the pinch pots before I fired them. To make the scarf I rolled a piece of clay into a coil and wrapped it around the snowman's neck. The buttons, eyes, and mouth were all made by rolling pieces of clay into balls and attaching them to the body. I finished this snowman by painting him with low fire paints. This was fired twice in the kiln, once with paint and once after it was painted. I personally think that this piece turned out really nice. If I had a chance to redo this piece, I would make the body of the snowman smoother by using the back of the spoon to give it a smoother finish.