Jul 16 2018 gather your supplies.
Making a slab box in ceramics.
From another slab of clay cut a strip that will become the sides of the box.
Use a needle tool to score the edges of the slabs that are going to be joined.
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.
Roll the clay through the slab roller.
Roll out your slab to 1 4 3 8 thick.
Set the slab roller to 1 2.
How to make a slab box.
Fit the strip around the base to determine the length and trim accordingly.
The final clay pancake should be of an even thickness of about 1 4 to 1 2 inch.
Carefully lift the slab releasing it from your work surface.
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.
How to make a ceramic slab box.
Cut out your desired shape for the base.
Be sure you don t roll your clay too thin or too thick.
Using slab pottery templates is a great way to consistently build a form over and over again.
Place the clay pancake on a canvas covered work surface.
Slide share ceramics unit little house on the corner clay box.
Andrew creates maquettes of possible new pieces using tagboard thick paper and then tweaks them until he creates the.
Give each student handout.
But there are more benefits than just that.
Make your ball of clay into a wedge shape.
Note that you will cut 3 pieces of each of the shapes.
Gather a large amount of clay that will be rolled into a flat slab.
Leave the slab to become firm approx 1 hr.
There are two ways to pit the box together.
Turn the clay so the long edge is against the roller.
Ceramics pottery huebnerpottery making puzzle top boxes from hard slabs.
Andrew avakian makes slab pottery templates to help generate new slab built forms.
Here s how we did it.
While waiting make a template of the shape you are aiming for be.
Themed box template and instruct them to cut out each piece.
You can roll a slab for the bottom of the box now.
I start by rolling out a slab of clay 1 4 thick.
The slab building technique involves rolling out clay to an even thickness usually 1 cm then cutting shapes folding bending.
Before using a slab roller flatten your clay so it fits into the roller.
Here are some great videos or blogs on slab constructed boxes.
Using a serrated metal rib score the edges to be joined.
