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 3pc Chinese Tea Set Teapot Sugar Bowl Creamer 1940's MIHK BIG SALE US $14.99 
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 Mikasa ROSE PARADE Creamer and Sugar Bowl & Lid Set US $28.00
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Art project- slab building?
I take a beginners ceramics class, and for my latest project we have to create a set of three pieces that function as a set using the slab building method. I decided to do a sugar and creamer set with a tray, or a salt and pepper set with a tray/dish they can be placed in. I have some ideas of how I want them to look, but have no clue how to make them, so any tips on how to construct them would be appreciated. Also, we can't glaze our pieces, so any ideas as to how I could texture them to make them more interesting?
Thanks!
You can work with slabs at different stiffness to get differing effects.
Leather-hard slabs can be scored and joined with slip and reinforced with a thin coil on the inside of the joined edges. The clay holds up and doesn't slump and you can get a very hard edge or squared off geometric look to the work.
Slabs that are newly made and still soft or soft leather-hard need support when putting together into a form. But the joining is easier, only requiring water or the moist clay itself to join the edges. The look can be more rounded and soft. Working this way you can cut darts (as in sewing) into the slabs and join the edges to make something round. See the work of Margaret Bohls (link #1) in my blog -- she has textured slabs and made sets, similar to what you are going to make.
Texture can be impressed into a soft slab with fabric, lace, texture mats (link #2), rope, found objects, stamps, buttons and more. You can even make your own stamps out of clay, impress or carve them and then bisque. After firing they are ready to use.
I've include links for slab building tutorials. Good luck.
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