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This video shows how I made some very inexpensive damp boxes for my students in my Ceramics Classroom Studio. I used three simple things: Cardboard boxes lined with bags, and Pottery Plaster #1 poured in the bottom of the bag.

A damp box may soon be one of your favorite tools in the ceramics studio. It is a box with a slab of dampened plaster which allows you to store your pieces in progress and keep them damp for an indefinite amount of time. One of the tricks for any potter is keeping the different pieces of clay the same moisture until attachment, and a damp box is a wonderful means of keeping them the same moisture and workable.

For a link to my previous video on making the more permanent damp boxes with plastic bins, see this link:    • Making Damp Boxes for Ceramics and Pottery...  
Or this one:    • Making Damp Box Kits for My Students: Prep...  

I use COLD water in my bucket, and begin by slowly sprinkling the plaster over the surface of the water. Continue until you have sprinkled enough plaster that it makes a little “mountain” which doesn’t go under the surface. When you have reached the mountain stage, begin a gentle mix without incorporating air. Gently mix with your fingers, and break up any bits which form. Keep an active mixing going the whole time. I find it takes about 15 minutes of mixing for the plaster to be ready to pour. You want to be patient, to make sure it will be starting the process of curing so it will stay in suspension. Pouring it too early can result in a weak plaster and water migrating to the top. Don’t use warm or hot water, as although it will speed the curing, it will also encourage chunks to develop.

In the video, I waited about 10 days for the pieces to cure before cleaning it with a scrubber and sponge.

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I made this video for my students at Mason High School and anyone else wanting to know more about clay. I am a public high school ceramics teacher at William Mason High School in Mason, Ohio. (Mason is currently the largest high school in Ohio!) As a potter, I have been working in clay for over 38 years, and I have been teaching for over 34 years, over the past 27 have been specifically teaching high school ceramics.

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I started my Youtube channel a few years ago, to make videos to help my students if they are absent and miss a demo, or if they would like to explore more advanced techniques independently. I have been amazed to reach such a wider audience than my own students!

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