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Slab
Building Illustrated
A Technical Guide for the Ceramic Sculptor
Revised 2006
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100+ images, mostly color
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Contents
The Character of Clay
Getting Started
How to Work a Slab
Thinking Your Sculpture Through
Joining Slabs
Creating Form from Flat Slabs
Supporting the Form
Preserving the Clay’s Workability
Basic Techniques
Shaping the Form
Useful Patches
Making Ears
Making Eyes
Making Breasts
Repairs
Slab Built Sculpture - Step by Step
Making a Horse
Making a Seated Dog
Making a Standing Dog
Making a Standing Human Form
Photographs of Sculptors’ Work
Marijke van Vlaardingen
Frans Duckers
José Vermeersch
Roberta Laidman
Resources on the Sculptors
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