Ceramic Arts: Specialization: Traditional Techniques

Overview

“Let's work and shape the sculpture with slabs. I will explain how to transform simple basic shapes into a lively and lovely creature.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: The Body 1, 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

“ The Body We are going to create our sculpture from scratch, and to do so, we'll use a slab-building technique. We start the slab-building technique by rolling out the slabs out of clay. To do it, we'll need to use a home version of a slab roller. We need the piece of textile that I put on the top of the working table. I need two wooden planks in one level of thickness, approximately 0.5 cm, and the rolling pin, of course. You need to put the planks on the top of the textile in parallel, approximately 15 cm apart. Be sure that the rolling pin touches both ends of the planks. It works like ...”

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Course summary for: Ceramic Arts: Specialization: Traditional Techniques

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

  Craft

• Areas

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