Creating Ceramics with the Slab Technique

Overview

“An essential skill in pottery is making clay slabs. In this lesson, I will demonstrate how to create multiple flat slabs to cut out and use as templates for the bowl walls and floor.”

In this video lesson Jeremy Bellina addresses the topic: Rolling the Clay into Slabs, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Ceramics with the Slab Technique. Craft unique and organic forms using a simple pottery method: the slab technique..

Partial transcription of the video

“Rolling the Clay into Slabs Now, it's action time. We'll finally start producing something. What we want to create in the upcoming lessons is a little shape like this one. Consider this the training ground. We want to try to produce a small bean-shaped bowl, like this one. The first lesson will be about laying a wide enough slab to create both the bottom of a future bowl and the walls. To create a slab, we need some fresh clay. This clay is fresh out of the bag. I cheese-wired it, cut it into a little brick like this that is about 3 cm to 4 cm thick. I don't need to process this clay becaus...”

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Course summary for: Creating Ceramics with the Slab Technique

• Level: Beginner
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• 5 units
• 21 lessons (3h 55m)
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• Category

  Craft

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  Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, Decoration, DIY