1. Grade 10 Ceramics Unit 2: Slab Building and stamps

2. Sarah Pike

3. Considerations in hand building:
-the seams – do you blend them out completely or leave the join standing out
Breath in the vessel – add roundness from the inside

4. Rolling out the slab
Use the slab roller and then use a rolling pin to get it to the thickness you desire. Or Roll your slab out onto a clean cement board using the wood sticks as a guide to get even thickness.
Add texture as the slab is drying out a bit. You can’t use it right away because it the clay will be too soft and it will slump instead of standing up.

5. Adding texture Clay will show any texture that is rolled into it
You can use a roller or stamp that you make, objects from nature such as wood, shells, leaves...
Manufactured objects such as fabric, lace...

6. The Pattern
Think about what you want to make and draft a pattern out of paper. Make sure that the pieces fit together.
Ms. Lim has patterns for a jug and a box

7. Make sure that you
1) slip and score joins
2) cut the join at the appropriate angle (usu 45 degrees)

9. Open Slab Project
After you make a mug (remember to make an extra one to donate), you can create whatever project you want using texture and slab.

12. A lid needs a lip either on the lid or on the body to hold the lid in place

14. Sarah Pike teapots

15. Or maybe you want to try a slab with a little more sculpture

16. Making a stamp
1) Think about the outside shape

17. 2) Think about how deep you are carving the design

18. Make great designs because you will use them on your mug and open slab project.