These materials were dug and cut during the winter and the actual brick making done in the summer when the clay would dry before firing.

His small features were clustered in the middle of his face as if some giant hand had mashed them together before the clay had dried.

After the clay has dried, shards fall off.

The clay is still visibly damp (usually a darkish grey) but has dried enough to be able to be handled without deformation.

The second phase comes a month or so later, after the clay has dried, when the piece is glazed and placed in the kiln.

As the clay dried, the surface started to crack, until it looked like a parched lakebed.

Of course when the clay dried, it pulled away from the tree, and all the smoke poured back in on me.

As the clay dries further it hardens more and continues to shrink.

After the clay had dried in the sun the tablets were baked.

The absorptive clay then dried and was beaten out of the cloth, taking with it oils and dirt.