Creative Slab Box Ceramics

Gather a large amount of clay that will be rolled into a flat slab.

Creative slab box ceramics.

There are two ways to pit the box together. Ceramics pottery huebnerpottery making puzzle top boxes from hard slabs. South africa creative pottery. Next i add coils to the joints on the inside of the box and smooth the coils using my finger and water.

In this contrast between appearance and reality the relationship of the interior space changes becomes intimate and creates an illusion of the object s instability. Give each student handout. Here are some great videos or blogs on slab constructed boxes. See more ideas about slab boxes clay box ceramic boxes.

I assemble the slabs to form the bottom and sides of the box using slip 3 and rib the joints together on the outside of the box using a serrated rib 4. Roll out your slab to 1 4 3 8 thick. How to make a ceramic slab box. Using slab pottery templates to assemble forms.

Note that you will cut 3 pieces of each of the shapes. Roll your slab using the slab roller. Themed box template and instruct them to cut out each piece. Sep 21 2020 explore mary bauer s board pottery slab ideas followed by 1600 people on pinterest.

Although pottery once felt like a dated medium it does go back 20 000 years after all today there are communities of young ceramists sprouting up in cities across the world. The slab building technique involves rolling out clay to an even thickness usually 1 cm then cutting shapes folding bending. The works are slab built which gives the impression of solid and massive bodies when they are in fact surprisingly light and delicate. Oct 12 2012 explore rachelkurtz s board slab box ideas followed by 125 people on pinterest.

Before using a slab roller flatten your clay so it fits into the roller. Use a needle tool to score the edges of the slabs that are going to be joined. Be sure you don t roll your clay too thin or too thick. See more ideas about pottery ceramics ceramic pottery.

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