I have a water based clay sculpture of a dragon that I wish to preserve somehow. It is five years old, hollow in some places, and it is around 1 foot by 8 inches by 1 foot. It was never fired ( it would have blown up in the kiln) and It is very very brittle. I want to harden it so it won‘t break when I pick it up. Any ideas? Would coating it with some sort of glue make the unfired, dry clay stronger?Thanks!
Go to your local hardware store and buy a ready made connector its easy
The best way is to solder on a male adapter on your copper pipe, then screw on a female adapter to start your cpvc.
Applying a resin coat - the stuff used with fiberglass - is probably your best bet. If it is so fragile you can't pick it up I am not sure how you will protect the surface it is sitting on. Aside from the problems of moving it, there is no real reason you can't fire it now, ceramic clay has to be thoroughly dry before firing. You don't say why you think it would have blown up - if hollow, as it should be, a single small hole would vent it.
male to female connectors.
