Start with a ball of soft clay about 3 inches in diameter. Roll it into a coil the width of your wedging board. Twist the middle so you have two equal-size pieces. Put one aside and roll a coil on the other so it is the width of the board. Twist in half; put one half aside; roll the other the width as before.

Go to your potter’s wheel where you just wired a vase off the batt. Spin the wheel slowly and use a wood knife to create your Rock Star’s plumage by gradually scraping the disc of wired-off clay toward the center of the wheel head. The clay will fold and texture and when you reach the middle it will separate from the batt.

Use the largest coil to sculpt torso, guitar, and head. The next size coil makes the legs and the last makes the arms and the rock star’s halo. Do not take more than 25 minutes.

Your effort may look crude but 90% it will be rock-starrish. The more times you do it, the larger and more refined your rock band will be.