Slab Built Geometric Ceramics

Using slab pottery templates is a great way to consistently build a form over and over again.

Slab built geometric ceramics.

Andrew creates maquettes of possible new pieces using tagboard thick paper and then tweaks them until he creates the. All the above featured pieces were of a slab build burnished terra sigillata naked raku below are some non sculptural pieces by simcha. Keeping the fingers flat form the clay into sausage shapes then roll into ropes 1 4 to 1 2 inches thick. See more ideas about geometric slab ceramics ceramics.

Instead of relying on a mould or the force of a wheel coiling as with slab built ceramics requires only the artist s steady hand to shape the vessel s form. 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. See more ideas about pottery ceramic pottery ceramics.

Andrew avakian makes slab pottery templates to help generate new slab built forms. But there are more benefits than just that. Slab built geometric form anne currier. 2008 sindy myer fun international ceramic award shepparton art gallery in association with la trobe university australia.

Working with slabs by hand also is generally easier to master than using a potter s wheel. Clay is rolled into thin sheets or slabs and then formed into shapes or forms. Coils of clay can be used to build bowls vases and other forms in various shapes and sizes. Building pots using the only the hands and hand held clay tools 2.

All of these may be used 1. Nov 6 2017 explore alissa unertl s board geometric slab pot followed by 186 people on pinterest. As much of riska s work is large scale some objects reach as high as eight feet the long and meticulous process of creating it would seem painstaking but the artist finds it. Sep 21 2020 explore mary bauer s board pottery slab ideas followed by 1600 people on pinterest.

New york state college of ceramics at alfred univ. Make a shallow dish with the pinch pot method and turn up side down to serve as a foot of base. But this tutorial for a slab built mug is still for those who have some experience with pottery.