Base build - Continued

 Base build - Continued

Raising up the build slowly but surely, although maintaining these undulating shapes has been difficult.  While I can maintain the shapes to a reasonable degree, the heights of my coils are starting to become uneven, or no longer level with the base.  I'm trying to decide if I should just work with it or carve off some parts that have risen a bit faster.  

My two main concerns are the clay walls being too thick in terms of blowing up, but also too thin in terms of collapsing under the clays own weight.   I've opted for thick enough to build from, but then pulling the clay up until it thins a bit.  I'm also concerned about the clay drying so quickly as it's so incredibly dry when its this cold, so I spray often and leave multiple sponges in with the work when I wrap it up and set it aside.  

I'm confidant that I can get a pleasing shape that suits the original concept from here, minus some of the extremities that may have been over-eager.  Once I get the shape to converge to a point, I should be able to smooth everything down and make sure that the contours all align with my original plan.