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Making Activities Project Four for Schools without Ceramics Facilities: Press Moulds / relief work / repetition / plaster plaques Suitable for all key stages Overview This project will let pupils see what happens when they press objects into clay, let them see the effect of repeating an image, and will produce a simple relief panel. It is also a way of producing a hard, durable object which comes originally from clay, without needing access to a kiln. Materials needed Clay Wooden boards / cloths to roll out on Rolling pin, rolling guides, Plaster of Paris Pencils and tools to draw into the surface of the clay with. A range of objects to press into the clay such as shells, combs, screws, stones, lace, pine cones, old broken bits of wood, small toys such as farmyard animals, leaves etc.