An Alternative Slab Building Technique

This is a ceramic slab building technique that I really like using occasionally. It allows me to capture the soft qualities of the clay in the final piece of ceramic work. The form is made from soft clay rather than the more conventional practice of allowing slabs to go leatherhard before building with them. The stability of the soft slabs while building is achieved by the all important wooden block that supports the clay and gives the final ceramic piece its general form.

I like the looser overall feel that is captured in these pieces and the expressive quality that can be achieved. On the negative side, the forms that can be build are dependent on the form of the wooden block that you work with.

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