Stamp Making for Textured Pottery
Joining the Slab and Adding Volume
A course by Sarah Pike , Potter
About the video: Joining the Slab and Adding Volume
Overview
“In this lesson, you will learn how to form and join your slab to make a cylinder. You will then learn how to flare and stretch the cylinder to add volume and alter the profile of the form. ”
In this video lesson Sarah Pike addresses the topic: Joining the Slab and Adding Volume, which is part of the Domestika online course: Stamp Making for Textured Pottery. Learn slab building, carving, and stamping techniques to create functional ceramic pieces with custom handmade textures.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Joining the Slab and Adding Volume In this lesson, I'll pick up my textured slab and form it into a cylinder. I'll show you how I pick it up, how I get the memory of it being circular into that slab, and how I join it together. It's on the cement board. I'll lift it off it always by the end so that I don't distort my texture. This is the banding wheel that we spoke of earlier. It's a nice little wheel so I can spin the pot and always see every side of it without having to peek around. I'll use a round form to get it circular. I'll wrap the slab around this form gently so that I don't mess...”
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Course summary for: Stamp Making for Textured Pottery
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, Decoration, DIY, Fine Arts
Sarah Pike
A course by Sarah Pike
Sarah Pike is a full-time potter based in British Columbia. After studying ceramics at the Alberta University of the Arts, the University of Colorado, and the University of Minnesota, she built her own home studio and began commercializing her work via ceramics galleries and shops. She gradually transitioned to online sales, gaining a large following on Instagram with slab-built, artistically textured pieces that fuse functionality and aesthetics.
Sarah has seen her pieces featured in publications such as Pottery Making Illustrated, La Revue de la céramique et du verre, Forge & Carve, and Ceramics: Creative Adventures in Clay. She also connects with her community by teaching workshops and speaking at conferences.
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