Ceramics pottery huebnerpottery making puzzle top boxes from hard slabs.
Making a slab box in ceramics.
You can roll a slab for the bottom of the box now.
Continue flattening it by pressing it against the work surface with your palm or by pounding on it.
Roll your slab using the slab roller.
Carefully lift the slab releasing it from your work surface.
Note that you will cut 3 pieces of each of the shapes.
Andrew creates maquettes of possible new pieces using tagboard thick paper and then tweaks them until he creates the.
Slide share ceramics unit little house on the corner clay box.
Set the slab roller to 1 2.
Using slab pottery templates is a great way to consistently build a form over and over again.
The final clay pancake should be of an even thickness of about 1 4 to 1 2 inch.
Leave the slab to become firm approx 1 hr.
Give each student handout.
After rolling your slab and you can roll with a pattern by simply placing leaves or a crocheted cotton tablecloth or such like ove the clay and roll gently but firmly this will give a textured slab.
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.
Making a set of ceramic plates or casserole dish can be fun for the beginner but is also easily adapted for the more experienced student this project presents a direct and fresh slab forming approach resulting in plates that become great canvases for surface decoration materials are simple inexpensive and readily available.
Turn the clay so the long edge is against the roller.
How to make a slab box.
Place the clay pancake on a canvas covered work surface.
The slab building technique involves rolling out clay to an even thickness usually 1 cm then cutting shapes folding bending.
Here s how we did it.
Using a serrated metal rib score the edges to be joined.
I made a round box.
Make your ball of clay into a wedge shape.
While waiting make a template of the shape you are aiming for be.
Andrew avakian makes slab pottery templates to help generate new slab built forms.
Roll the clay through the slab roller.
But there are more benefits than just that.
Fit the strip around the base to determine the length and trim accordingly.
Roll out your slab to 1 4 3 8 thick.
Here are some great videos or blogs on slab constructed boxes.
Themed box template and instruct them to cut out each piece.
I start by rolling out a slab of clay 1 4 thick.
How to make a ceramic slab box.
Before using a slab roller flatten your clay so it fits into the roller.
There are two ways to pit the box together.
Cut out your desired shape for the base.
