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Hi Emily -

You might consider contacting the Pacific Science Center.  It's a little
bit different, but in 2006 or so they created a nice interactive piece for
kids to accompany the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit.  They provided all the
broken shards of a pot (not sure what material exactly, but it was sturdy)
with magnets embedded in them, and a steel form of the negative space
inside the pot mounted to a table.  The challenge was to assemble the
shards around the form.  It worked great for what it was.

Best,
Cricket

On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Stein, Emily <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> Hello all -
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> I work in education at the Smithsonian NMNH. I am developing a hands-on
> activity centered on reconstructing a piece of pottery from potsherds.
> Visitors will analyze the shape and size of fragments, then try to recreate
> the pot with a sculpting material, such as clay, to better visualize what
> the pot looked like. Has anyone had experience with a similar type of
> activity? What materials did visitors use to sculpt their pot? I thought
> that a non-drying modeling clay like Plasticine would work well. Please let
> me know if you have any recommendations for materials.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Emily Stein
> Office of Education and Outreach
> National Museum of Natural History
> Smithsonian Institution
> Tel: (202) 633-1704
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