Using a variety of construction techniques in your work can lead to exciting details in your work. Take, for example, the lovely contrast between the smooth, hump-molded bottom section of this bowl with the dimpled, pinched top.

Handbuilding with porcelain has a well known problem: it often warps. And when you are doing a lot of beautiful detail work like Claire Prenton, warping is unacceptable. So Claire found a solution with upholstery foam. By trimming upholstery foam down to a tapered cylindrical shape, Claire gives her pieces the support they need to survive lots of handling.