Tapandye on thu 12 mar 98
Teach your students the method of rolling a slab themselves with a heavy
rolling pin and two flat pieces of wood (shim). Few will have the funds to
purchase or even have access to a slab roller, therefore if they learn how to
roll slabs with their own sweat and a house-hold kitchen tool-even Better!
Cindy on fri 13 mar 98
Teach your students to throw a slab. Much more fun than rolling pins, if
less accurate. All you need is a good canvas or plaster surface.
Cindy Strnad
Earthen Vessels
Custer, SD
USA http://blackhills-info.com/a/cindys/menu.htm
Gracedart on sat 14 mar 98
Cindy,
I assume you mean "throwing a slab" when you take a semi flattened piece of
clay, hold it by one end and then with a flick of the wrist slap it on the
canvas covered table thereby pulling it into a longer, thinner slab...yeh they
would like it ...i'll try it...my question about slab roller probably reflects
my obsession with clay gadgets
thanks,
grace
janet & shan on sat 14 mar 98
Ciny wrote:
>Teach your students to throw a slab. Much more fun than rolling pins, if
>less accurate. All you need is a good canvas or plaster surface.
Actually a nice concrete floor works great. I've seen Marci throw 'em par
excellence. Big ones !! shan
Chris Giorgetti on mon 16 mar 98
How do you throw a slab?? Hope I haven't asked a really
dumb question.
TIA
Chris in sunny, warm California
janet & shan wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Ciny wrote:
> >Teach your students to throw a slab. Much more fun than rolling pins, if
> >less accurate. All you need is a good canvas or plaster surface.
>
> Actually a nice concrete floor works great. I've seen Marci throw 'em par
> excellence. Big ones !! shan
Marcia Selsor on tue 17 mar 98
I throw slabs on a concrete floor. Start on a table and throw the piece of
clay towards you at an angle more horizontal than vertical. Repeat this. As it
stretches, rotate the piece to stretch it evenly.
When it gets big, move to a clean concrete floor and keep stretching it out
(link shaking laundry) and pull back down towards yourself. If you let the
slab come smacking down vertically it will make a loud slap and stick. Keep
the thrust horizontal.
Marcia in Montana
Chris Giorgetti wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> How do you throw a slab?? Hope I haven't asked a really
> dumb question.
>
> TIA
> Chris in sunny, warm California
>
> janet & shan wrote:
>
> > ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> > Ciny wrote:
> > >Teach your students to throw a slab. Much more fun than rolling pins, if
> > >less accurate. All you need is a good canvas or plaster surface.
> >
> > Actually a nice concrete floor works great. I've seen Marci throw 'em par
> > excellence. Big ones !! shan
Cindy on tue 17 mar 98
Chris,
No, it's not a really dumb question. Knead and prepare a lump of clay.
Start with a couple pounds or so to practice. Drop it on your kneading
table/cement floor/plaster slab/whatever. Pick it up and drop it on the
other side. Now, toss it down at a slight angle away from your body. Give
it a quarter turn, flip it, and do this again. Keep going until you have a
slab of the thickness you want. It takes only a little practice--you'll
like it. But don't try it with pastry dough--doesn't work nearly as well.
Cindy Strnad
Earthen Vessels
Custer, SD
USA http://blackhills-info.com/a/cindys/menu.htm
janet & shan on tue 17 mar 98
Chris wrote:
>How do you throw a slab?? Hope I haven't asked a really
>dumb question.
Not at all, even though it is easier to see than to say. Basically, you
take your sorta flattened hunk o' clay and throw it with vigor, at a
considerable angle ( as if skipping a stone ) at the floor/canvas/plaster or
what-have-you. Then you pick it up, turn it over, and throw it again; paying
attention to how you want the shape to evolve. Same as rolling out pie
dough. You want the force of impact/friction to stretch the clay in the
desired direction. Maintain the same orientation each time and you get a
long skinny slab. Rotate 90 degrees each time and you get ( theoretically )
a square, and etc in between.
Hope this helps. " Just throw it !!" shan
Hluch - Kevin A. on wed 18 mar 98
A rather well illustrated, step-by-step article of this method was
published in April, 1976 'Ceramics Monthly'. The article was titled
"Byobu" by yours truely.
Kevin A. Hluch
102 E. 8th St.
Frederick, MD 21701
USA
e-mail: kahluch@umd5.umd.edu
http://www.erols.com/mhluch/mudslinger.html
On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Marcia Selsor wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I throw slabs on a concrete floor. Start on a table and throw the piece of
> clay towards you at an angle more horizontal than vertical. Repeat this. As it
> stretches, rotate the piece to stretch it evenly.
> When it gets big, move to a clean concrete floor and keep stretching it out
> (link shaking laundry) and pull back down towards yourself. If you let the
> slab come smacking down vertically it will make a loud slap and stick. Keep
> the thrust horizontal.
> Marcia in Montana
>
> Chris Giorgetti wrote:
> >
> > ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> > How do you throw a slab?? Hope I haven't asked a really
> > dumb question.
> >
> > TIA
> > Chris in sunny, warm California
> >
> > janet & shan wrote:
> >
> > > ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> > > Ciny wrote:
> > > >Teach your students to throw a slab. Much more fun than rolling pins, if
> > > >less accurate. All you need is a good canvas or plaster surface.
> > >
> > > Actually a nice concrete floor works great. I've seen Marci throw 'em par
> > > excellence. Big ones !! shan
>
Kollin Baker on thu 19 mar 98
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I throw slabs on a concrete floor. Start on a table and throw the piece of
>clay towards you at an angle more horizontal than vertical. Repeat this. As it
>stretches, rotate the piece to stretch it evenly.
>When it gets big, move to a clean concrete floor and keep stretching it out
>(link shaking laundry) and pull back down towards yourself. If you let the
>slab come smacking down vertically it will make a loud slap and stick. Keep
>the thrust horizontal.
>Marcia in Montana
>
>Chris Giorgetti wrote:
>>
>> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>> How do you throw a slab?? Hope I haven't asked a really
>> dumb question.
>>
>> TIA
>> Chris in sunny, warm California
>>
>> janet & shan wrote:
>>
>> > ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>> > Ciny wrote:
>> > >Teach your students to throw a slab. Much more fun than rolling pins, if
>> > >less accurate. All you need is a good canvas or plaster surface.
>> >
>> > Actually a nice concrete floor works great. I've seen Marci throw 'em par
>> > excellence. Big ones !! shan
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You want to understand and learn slab working? THere are so many ways to do
a slab by either rolling or throwing. To see so of the best deminstrations
ever (in my opinion) go to a Lana Wilson workshop. She has nothing but
blocks of clay but turns out in no time, with out the aid of "set up time",
full teapots, boxs, and other items. Youll be amazed what you can do with
your hands and a 25lbs bag of clay.
Kollin
Pi Pottery and Design
512.323.8274
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