Friday, September 25, 2009

Ceramics Class - U.H. Manoa, Fall '09 Semester


Ass. 5 - Build a set of 6 cups w/tray(s). The idea, again, is to build from a unified design, this time using slab building. We have been shown how to build from slabs, kneading a hunk of clay to kinda' flat, and then throwing it onto the smooth table, tip first and lowering the last part of it, pulling it long. Turn it 90° and throw again, and again to get it into a sort of wide square shape, then follow with a rolling pin to get ~1/4" to 1/16" even thickness in the slab. Roll newsprint around a circular container, like a can. Mark and cut paper into a template that can be used to cut from the slab. Used the cylindrical container to cut a base and attach with "slip" (liquid clay).

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