Work in progress — this egg, trying to figure out how to put a band on the lower half inside so that it closes like an egg-box. Translucent clay was rolled thin and put on the egg first, and scallops were carved out before the clay was cured. After curing, an exacto knife was used to puncture the egg shell along the lines of the scallop. The canes were left over, just joined and rolled a little and randomly put on the top and bottom halves and the egg was cured again. what I forgot to do was to bind the bottom half of the egg so that it did not expand (sag) just a little and make it too big to fit inside the top half. I did some sanding then put both halves into the oven just to heat them up, then each one was shaped a little while it was still hot (using potholders). I added a blue rim to the base half and forget-me-nots and leaves to the top edge and cured it again.
I did manage to build a shelf on the bottom half of the egg so that the top now fits over the edges….. and made some little eggs with the left over canes for inside.
