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This page displays my introductory ceramic projects using four basic construction techniques: (1) pinch pot, (2) coil, (3) slab, and (4) throwing on the wheel. Detailed explanations of the techniques are available in John Hester's Potter Tutorial - A Beginners' Guide to the Art of Ceramics website.
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The Brush Holder and Ink Fountain Project
Pinch Pot Construction
Pinching has been used to build the base of this Brush Holder and Ink Fountain. With pinching, you can mold clay into objects such as flower petals or a bowl. Pinching is the very basic technique of ceramic construction.
Pinching has been used to build the base of this Brush Holder and Ink Fountain. With pinching, you can mold clay into objects such as flower petals or a bowl. Pinching is the very basic technique of ceramic construction.
The Peony Vase Project
The objective of this project is to use the coil construction method to build three vessels with different heights (8 inches, 10 inches and 12 inches respectively), using natural forms drawing reference from fruits, vegetables, fishes or other living creatures, in terms of shapes and textures. The vessels should reflect the contrasts and harmonies between positive and negative spaces, fine and coarse textures, rectilinear and curved lines, symmetry and asymmetry, visual and physical balance or imbalance, geometric and free-flow forms, shapes and patterns. I met the above objectives by creating three vessels with reference to the shapes of the leaves and petals of a peony flower. To be more specific
- I create holes in some areas of the vessels to represent the contrast and harmony between positive and negative spaces;
- I create different textures in different areas of the vessels to imitate the natural textures of the petals of the peony flower and of its leaves to represent the contrast and harmony between fine and coarse textures.
- In the vessels, from some angles, the leaf-shapes seem to be symmetrical while from other angles, the symmetry is broken; this represents the contrast and harmony between symmetry and asymmetry.
- The basic forms of the vessels are in balance with a clear visual center of gravity; however, looking at individual portions, this balance does not exist; this represent the contrast and harmony between visual and physical balances or imbalance, judging the visual effects from a holistic point of view.
- I made the bottom halves of the vessels cylindrical in basic form and the top halves free-flow in basic design pattern to represent the contrast and harmony between geometric and free-flow forms, shapes and patterns.
Coil Construction
Coil construction is also a basic technique for ceramic construction. It starts with rolling pieces of clay into coils, and connects the coils into desired shapes.
Coil construction is also a basic technique for ceramic construction. It starts with rolling pieces of clay into coils, and connects the coils into desired shapes.
The Slab Container Project
Slab Construction
The slab construction technique is used when the ceramic objects to be built consist of pieces of thin walls. pieces of clay slabs are constructed first with a roller and two wood sticks on each side of the flattened clay, and the slabs are next cut into desired shapes and attached to each other to form the shapes of the objects. |
The Peony Blossom Project
Throwing on the Wheel
Of all basic techniques used in ceramic construction, throwing on the wheel is the most difficult to master. The most important procedure in using this technique id centering the clay. As Mr. John Hester teaches in his Potter Tutorial - A Beginners' Guide to the Art of Ceramics website, "Centering the clay is one of the most important steps in throwing pottery. If your clay is not centered when you begin to pull up the piece, it will be off balance, and you will fight the clay the whole time. When centering clay it is important to use your whole body. Get yourself seated in a comfortable position, so that your forearm can press against your thighs."
Of all basic techniques used in ceramic construction, throwing on the wheel is the most difficult to master. The most important procedure in using this technique id centering the clay. As Mr. John Hester teaches in his Potter Tutorial - A Beginners' Guide to the Art of Ceramics website, "Centering the clay is one of the most important steps in throwing pottery. If your clay is not centered when you begin to pull up the piece, it will be off balance, and you will fight the clay the whole time. When centering clay it is important to use your whole body. Get yourself seated in a comfortable position, so that your forearm can press against your thighs."
The Pitcher and Mug Project
The Slip-Casting Teapot Project
The Smiling Lion Vase
The Dream Creatures Jar Project
Websites that teach methods of clay hand-building techniques
The following sites offer free tutorial lesson on ceramic construction and show the equipment or tools used.
Ceramics & Pottery: Techniques, Lessons and Tutorials
Handbuilding Techniques
Ceramics & Pottery: Techniques, Lessons and Tutorials
Handbuilding Techniques
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