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Trippin' Through Time

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[โ€“] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Stuff it with paper or something until it dries, to keep the form?

Wait, they did. And it still fell together?

I'm betting the original clay has more particulate to fortify tensile strength and stabilize vertical reach, whereas the facsimile is "$2 clay" and largely polymer-thickened mud. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ