Since today was the 4th of July the studio was pretty dead. In order to liven things up, and in honor of the 4th of July, Maile decided to blow-up small balls of clay. Of course firecrackers are illegal in California, so this was all done in a contained area - very safe of course!Maile's idea was to embed a small firecracker in a fist size ball of clay and put it inside a plaster mold, basically casting the mold with the exploded clay bits. The result of which is to the right... a busted mold. oops!
After Ehren's objections about this configuration and claims that this was virtually a bomb, we switched molds to a large open neck amphora mold. The procedure itself took a while to get perfect. Lots of turning the mold, up and over and eventually taking it off the table all together. The open neck also caused problems with the explosive noise and projectile clay. We eventually learned to cover the neck with a piece of wood, but it was tricky getting the lighter in and out before it exploded. Eventually Maile just about got it down, see the video to see how she did it. 
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