Slab Built Ceramic Sculpture

The following pottery hand building project ideas pictures are taken in our studio to create lesson plans for our classes.
Slab built ceramic sculpture. Some of the pictures have a link below the picture linked to a detailed hand building lesson. To make a pinch pot one inserts a thumb into a ball of clay and continually pinches the the clay between the thumb and fingers while rotating to thin. See more ideas about pottery clay pottery slab pottery. What makes these creations unique is the hand artistry and the type of potter s clay you use.
The most common handbuilding techniques are pinch pottery coil building and slab building. We are glad to be able and share with teachers and artists. All the above featured pieces were of a slab build burnished terra sigillata naked raku below are some non sculptural pieces by simcha. Slab built sculpture erin shares her tips and tricks to help you avoid problems and concentrate on making great sculpture.
See more ideas about pottery clay pottery ceramic pottery. Sep 21 2020 explore mary bauer s board pottery slab ideas followed by 1600 people on pinterest. Handbuilding is an ancient pottery making technique that involves creating forms without a pottery wheel using the hands fingers and simple tools. Jun 18 2020 explore efr s board slab built pottery followed by 142 people on pinterest.
Jan 6 2020 explore mollie nicholson s board slab built pottery on pinterest. Erin furimsky has been making sculpture for many years and has encountered and solved many of the issues that come up when making slab built sculpture. 2008 sindy myer fun international ceramic award shepparton art gallery in association with la trobe university australia. See more ideas about pottery ceramics ceramic pottery.
Jul 30 2020 explore clara gift garrett s board slab built pottery followed by 441 people on pinterest. Hand building pottery using slabs of clay is an exciting way to create shapes that could never be produced using a potter s wheel or that would be difficult to achieve if you are doing hand construction using coils of clay.