slab

Slabs are sheets of clay. When used in a softer state, the created forms are more fluid and can be stretched and manipulated to create gentle curves and bulges and interesting surfaces. If you use the slabs when they are set up to leather hard, they can produce very crisp, geometric shapes. People who use slabs often make and use patterns. Planning how to go from two dimensional sketches of ideas to a three dimensional form is one of the challenges with this building technique.