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slab method [1 record]

Record 1 1994-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pottery
CONT

The "slab method" forms pottery from flat pieces of clay. The potter shapes the clay into flat slabs by pounding it with the fist or by flattening it with a rolling pin. Using one slab as the base, the potter places other slabs at right angles to it to form the side of a piece of pottery. The slabs are then attached together with slip.

CONT

The slab method involves building handmade pots from rolled-out pieces of clay ... from which may shapes can be formed. To keep an even thickness, roll the clay on a board with a small strip of wood nailed on each side, so that your rolling pin will ledge on them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poteries
DEF

[...] type de modelage [qui] consiste à étaler la terre entre deux lattes de bois, à l'aide d'un rouleau à pâtisserie, afin d'obtenir des plaques qui seront ensuite assemblées.

OBS

Aplatissez votre pâte au rouleau à pâtisserie sur un papier puis découpez la terre en pièces selon les dimensions voulues.

Spanish

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