Slab Built Geometric Ceramics

Clay is rolled into thin sheets or slabs and then formed into shapes or forms.

Slab built geometric ceramics. This blog is intended for my students and all others interested in clay for images pertaining to assignments given in class. With your palms try to quash it as much as possible with your hand to give it a right shape. Andrew creates maquettes of possible new pieces using tagboard thick paper and then tweaks them until he creates the desired form. Then he builds the piece in clay.

There are other resources listed such as artist websites residencies etc. See more ideas about geometric slab ceramics ceramics. New 4 daruma doll red clay scarlet side knot. New 4 daruma doll red clay matte ochre side bun.

Coils of clay can be used to build bowls vases and other forms in various shapes and sizes. After that put the clay ball on the surface and continue flattening with your palm and pounding it. See more ideas about pottery ceramics ceramic pottery. The works are slab built which gives the impression of solid and massive bodies when they are in fact surprisingly light and delicate.

Place a coil along the edge of the foot. What makes these creations unique is the hand artistry and the type of potter s clay you use. 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. Building pots using the only the hands and hand held clay tools 2.

Andrew avakian makes slab pottery templates to help generate new slab built forms. To build small pottery press on slabs first squeeze clay lump in a form of ball of 2 of diameter. All of these may be used 1. Slab built geometric form anne currier.

Sep 21 2020 explore mary bauer s board pottery slab ideas followed by 1600 people on pinterest. Keeping the fingers flat form the clay into sausage shapes then roll into ropes 1 4 to 1 2 inches thick. Nov 6 2017 explore alissa unertl s board geometric slab pot followed by 186 people on pinterest.