Slab-built Ceramics introduces a method of constructing clay forms that have been in use through the history of ceramics. This book demonstrates the versatility of slab-building and the scope for personal expression which is possible using variations of this technique. It features...Slab-built sculptures and vessels; The working methods of sixteen international ceramists and the inspiration for their work; A gallery of work by a further fourteen international ceramists and includes examples of several historical slab-built pieces. Reveals the versatility of slab-building techniques which is one of the basic techniques to be used by potters and ceramic artists worldwide in creative and innovative ways. Superbly illustrated with 121 colour photographs.
