Our second task was to construct a tower using clay and the hot air dryers to ensure rigidity. To build a tower you need to build a section and dry this thoroughly using the air dryers and then complete this process again building on what you already have. If the structure is not thoroughly dry you cannot add sections onto it. First of all i researched some architecture to understand the shape and form. Some of the buildings are iconic such as the London gerkin. From these images i then started to sketch some of my ideas using a 4B and
an HB pencil. I decided that the top sketches that i drew were common buildings and thought that the image below is unique and different. As a result i decided that i wanted to construct this building. To start with, i created the rectangle base to establish the size. I then rolled out some more clay and carefully rolled if to create a cylinder shape. This was then the central part. I had to use the air dryer gun on this so that it would hold its rigitity and stay in place, as well
as sticking to the base. The image opposite shows my finished product afterit had been fired. All of the legs had to be created separately using the same process with the air dryer. The detail such as the four balls were created afterwards with the left over clay. While i was drying the arches, these has to be bent into shape so that they will form the
correct angle. The image below shos my object glazed although the colours are not prominant, as it has to be fired once again. Below illustrates my overall end product.
Our second task was to construct a tower using clay and the hot air dryers to ensure rigidity. To build a tower you need to build a section and dry this thoroughly using the air dryers and then complete this process again building on what you already have. If the structure is not thoroughly dry you cannot add sections onto it. First of all i researched some architecture to understand the shape and form. Some of the buildings are iconic such as the London gerkin. From these images i then started to sketch some of my ideas using a 4B and 
an HB pencil. I decided that the top sketches that i drew were common buildings and thought that the image below is unique and different. As a result i decided that i wanted to construct this building. To start with, i created the rectangle base to establish the size. I then rolled out some more clay and carefully rolled if to create a cylinder shape. This was then the central part. I had to use the air dryer gun on this so that it would hold its rigitity and stay in place, as well
as sticking to the base. The image opposite shows my finished product afterit had been fired. All of the legs had to be created separately using the same process with the air dryer. The detail such as the four balls were created afterwards with the left over clay. While i was drying the arches, these has to be bent into shape so that they will form the 
correct angle. The image below shos my object glazed although the colours are not prominant, as it has to be fired once again. Below illustrates my overall end product.
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