Ceramics 101 (Attaching stiff clay together)

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score, slip, wait, wiggle, worm -- score (scratch both pieces of clay), slip (or water), wait (for the clay to soften), wiggle (to join the pieces), worm (add a thin coil of clay to fill the seam) - basic hand building technique for making any joint and what I used to tell my grade 6, 7 & 8 students and of course practice when hand building.