NB:
This image is a POV-Ray visualization of my class project in Introductory Ceramics
from way back in 1992(!). In that class, I learned that, in any contest
between clay and myself, the clay would win. But knowledge is the best
revenge, and here I manage to implement my original design. After I proved
unequal to the task of forming identical slabs, my ceramics prof convinced me
to mold it into a little house, which mercifully broke in one of my many subsequent
changes of residence.
I offer this as proof that sometimes, at least, it's just a matter of matching
tools to the artist (or facsimile thereof).