After many years of just throwing, I have been doing more and more handbuilding. I was inspired by Liz Zlot Summerfield when she invited us to record her working in her studio. Not only is it fun to watch the facile way Liz manipulates clay, but her explanations of her processes are excellent. Not to mention the work itself!
In this clip, an excerpt from her video,Handbuilt Forms with Soft Slabs, Liz shows how to handbuild a simple darted cup with a foot out of soft clay slabs that I absolutely love (and which I jokingly refer to as "the foot that changed my life"). - Jennifer Poellot Harnetty, editor
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Published Oct 14, 2024
In this clip, an excerpt from her video, Handbuilt Forms with Soft Slabs, Liz shows how to handbuild a simple darted cup with a foot out of soft clay slabs that I absolutely love (and which I jokingly refer to as "the foot that changed my life"). - Jennifer Poellot Harnetty, editor
This clip was excerpted from Handbuilt Forms with Soft Slabs, which is available in the Ceramic Arts Network Shop!
**First published in 2015
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