Hand building is the most essential technique in pottery where you shape clay using your hands, without a potter's wheel. As ...

Other students of the soda firing class prepare the slabs to return to ... Jenkins trims a dry pot by using wet clay to secure the pot and slowly revolves the pottery wheel. Trimming a pot is ...

Slab building needs careful preparation but can make some impressive sculptural objects or vessels. A lump of clay is first rolled out onto either a sheet of fabric or paper, using a rolling pin.