Coil Building Ceramics
Make coils by hand or extruder.
Coil building ceramics. It is found across the cultures of the world including africa greece china and native american cultures of new mexico using the coiling technique it is possible to build thicker or taller walled vessels which may not have been possible using earlier methods. Clay bodies that have sand or grog in them tend to work best. Look for a shrinkage rate of 8 percent or lower. Make sure your pre made clay coils are covered with plastic to keep them soft coils dry out very quickly.
Or with a slab roller. We start preparing clay coils by hand or with an extruder bigoli. Push the coil firmly into the slab. Coiling is a method of creating pottery it has been used to shape clay into vessels for many thousands of years.
We prepare first layer of coil pushing each one into the slab. Score and slip slab and lay the first layer of coil. Make slab of clay with rolling pin. Coil build is the best techiques for realize prototype and sculpture.
Score and slip slab and lay the first layer of coil. Push the coil firmly into the slab. Cut a slab base 1 4 thick.