Slab Construction

 

How to make slab construction??? 
In order to make a slab we can either use slab throwing process or slab roller. I useed slab throwing process to create my slab. First i cut a piece of clay then i pounded the clay in a circular shape. It will help to get rid of the bumps and wrinkles. Before i throw the slab i make sure the table has little bit of damp so clay wont stick on the table. I started by throwing the slab on the table and while throwing the slab i rotated it and change the direction. while throwing the slab we have to make sure that our hand follows the clay. I did not do too well in my first slab construction, because my slab got too thin. my second try was better then first one.  I created the template of my vase at home by using the card board. And i used my template to make a shape in the slab. Once we have template it was pretty easy to cut shapes from the slab. After i created my pieces i prepare the sides to join the pieces together.  i cut the sides of each piece in 45 degree angle this kind of joint is called bevel joint. After that i flip my piece and make some decoration using the leaves and neck-less. I basically press the leaves in the clay to create the leaf shape decoration then i did same thing with the neck-less too.  After i am done decorating i flipped the pieces other side, then i score the edge and i applied slip. then i connected all my pieces together with the help of my friend. Finally that i compressed all the sides.  

These are my 1st slab construction.

Pinch pot and Coil construction

Coil Construction!
Coil construction is done by stacking and joining coils of clay one on top of the other.before i started my coil construction i researched some design in Google. In my coil construction i decided to make a vase for my pen and pencils. i saw various design in the goggle. As u can see in the picture, i made round shape out of coil to design my vase. . when i was working on this i just thought of also making the heart shape in my second layer and i also make letters. I prepared my coils a day before by using coil extruder and I put those in the plastic so it won't get dry. Next day first I flatten a piece of clay using slab method. Then I cut slab in round shape. after that i joined my different designed coil by using slips. when joining the coils together first i scratch the part where i will join coil together with brush then i connect it with slips. i follow same steps until i am done with connecting my last top layer!

Double pinch pot! is same technique as the pich pot in which we create two bowel using pinch pot process. Then we connect both bowel together and we can either create a vase or what ever we like. In my ceramic work i made a water container. This water container some what looks like a clay container from my village at Nepal. It reminds me of my child hood. i just decided to also add some pretty decoration for fun!  

My very first Pinch Pot! :)
Our first work for this class was pinch pot. Pinch pot is a very basic pottery technique. we firs start with the ball of clay by impressing from the center of the ball. then we can start pinching the sides on however shape we like. at firls when i was working on my pinch pot it was circle bowel but later i turned it in to heart shape. which turn out to be pretty good!