Ceramic Arts: Specialization: Traditional Techniques

Overview

“To create the hollow vase, we will follow a similar process to that of the wavy bowl. First, I will guide you in making multiple flat slabs. You will cut these and use them as templates for the vase walls and floor. After, I will show you how to make a wavy mold using cylindrical shapes and then lay the templates (as before).”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Rolling the Slab, which is part of the Domestika online course: Ceramic Arts: Specialization: Traditional Techniques. Create unique ceramic vessels at home, learn clay molding, design, firing, and glaze techniques for decorative pieces.

Partial transcription of the video

“Rolling the Slab Now that we know the silhouette we want to create, we can start rolling some slabs to create both walls, our faces, as well as the inner hole of our future vase. I went back to my sketch. This time we will need a greater amount of slab because we have a lot of surface with this creation. With the bowl it was not as much because it all fitted on one board. I'd say for this specific creation, at least mine, I will need at least three of those to create those very long ribbons. I feel like my vase will be about that tall, so I would need about 40 or 45 cm of ribbons on both si...”

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Course summary for: Ceramic Arts: Specialization: Traditional Techniques

• Level: Beginner
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• 1723 students
• 7 units
• 101 lessons (17h 58m)
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• Category

  Craft

• Areas

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