Pottery Research Project

Steps To building a slab container

• Create pattern to later use to cut slabs
• Wedge clay
• Rolls slabs
• Cut slabs using pattern
• (Continued)

(Continued Steps to Creating a Slab Container)

• Score and slip container together
• Clean up, smooth edges
• Allow pottery to dry
• Finished and ready to fire!

Lisa Pedolsky

This piece of pottery is successful due to the artist's craftsmanship and use of texture. It takes a boring box with a lid and turns it into art that is visually appealing. Also, the artist spent time and effort making sure their edges are crisp and nice looking.

Michael Hamlin Smith

This piece of pottery is a successful slab container due to the way the artist incorporated color from the glaze to hide flaws and make the piece come together. The glaze is like the glue that combines this regular old container into something people want to see.

Simcha Even-Chen

This piece of pottery is successful because of the clean cut craftsmanship and the use of patterns to create a modern, good looking, piece of pottery

Marilyn Levine

This piece of pottery is successful because it is innovative and very creative. Making something look real life using slabs is very difficult and this piece was executed very nicely.

John Mason

This piece of pottery is successful because from looking at it you would think it would fall apart, but the design makes the piece structurally sound.

Michael Sherrill

This piece is successful because of the way color and shape were used to make a very appealing and fun to look at piece of pottery

Ralph Baccera

This piece of pottery is successful because of it's use of squares and patterns to make a new and creative piece of pottery.

Ralph Baccera

This piece of pottery is successful because of it's effective use of tools to make clean cuts and clean up edges

Judith Salomon

(Other successful pieces)This piece of pottery is successful because the artist took a risk and created this wonderful piece of art that would be very hard to duplicate because of the precise skills needed to create this.

Judith Salomon

(Other successful pieces)
This piece of pottery is successful because of the artist's method of scoring and slipping the pottery, I am assuming, to hold together such thin pieces with little support.

Michael Sherrill

(Other successful pieces)
This piece is my favorite and successful because of how the artist had to be extremely precise and careful in order to create such thin leaves from slab pieces.

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