Why does the clay look woven? Because cloth touched it while it was soft. Press fabric against wet clay and the weave transfers — every thread crossing leaves its grid. On 1757 a canvas-like weave wraps the body; on 1758 the impressions cover most of the egg-shaped form, sharp in the close-up photos.
Whether the cloth was a deliberate texture tool or just the surface the piece rested on, the imprint is the same — a grid of threads pressed into once-soft clay. It’s handbuilding’s version of a fingerprint: proof the material was once soft.
See it on real pieces
1757 (body wrap) · 1758 (near-total coverage) · or browse both fabric-impression pieces.
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