First you need to allow scraps of clay to totally dry out for some days and when it is completely dry drop in a water container.
Making a slab ceramics.
Hand building pottery using slabs of clay is an exciting way to create shapes that could never be produced using a potter s wheel or that would be difficult to achieve if you are doing hand construction using coils of clay.
Making the clay slabs is the first step in all slab built pottery construction.
Ceramic tiles were made by hand 4 000 years ago.
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They have been found in pyramids the ruins of babylon and the ruins of ancient greek cities according to design boom.
This is an important foundation.
Ceramic slabs also called ceramic tiles are any tile made out of clay and have been around for 4 000 years.
It will then dissolve very quickly in order to make thick slurry.
Mistakes made in the creation of slabs may destroy the piece in later stages of construction.
When you think of starting a slab pottery projects always remember to make thick and strong slurry.