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Making Activities Project Three for Schools with Ceramics Facilities: Working with texture and pattern Suitable for key stage 1 and up Stage 2 Get the pupils to roll out a sheet of clay, and try different ways of adding texture to the surface. Get the pupils to experiment with pressing different tools and objects into the clay. Once they have found an effect they like, get them to experiment with repeating the image. They can also score and scratch the surface, paint decorating slip on and scratch through that (see Project 1, Decorating with slips), drag things like combs and forks over the surface - and what happens if they push the clay from underneath? Texture can make a regular pattern, or be random.