Ceramic Aquarium

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dominicolas

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Just an idea, but I thought it would be cool to have an aquarium made out of clay. I'm in an art class right now and people make some pretty cool bowls and stuff so I thoguht about making a seramic aquarium.

Basically I would make a rounded jug, and flatten one side enough to fit 1'x1' veiwing glass in the inside and fix it just like a plywood tank. I figure that on the first attempt It will be somewhere between five and twenty gallons, but I can't be sure.

By the way the inside and outside will be painted and glazed and it would look strait pimpin'. Oh, and I would use food safe clay and glaze that I figure
should be cool for fish.
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What do you think? Really...Answer.
 
Interesting project. Could even do a Mayan culture effect on the inside/outside.

Hope you have a teacher that really knows what they're doing, working with large/thick pieces (or one complete unit) of clay like that isn't easy and you need a large stable kiln.

Good Luck and keep us posted.

Dr Joe

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