3 Easy Ways to Make a Slab Vase

This is how to make 3 simple slab vase shapes. Each style looks very different but they are all hand-built using the slab pottery technique.
You don’t have to use templates to make slab pottery, but it definitely helps. If you want to try out the templates in the video, you can download a copy in the link below underneath the time stamps.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - start
0:24 - The simple cylinder vase
10:26 - Textured teardrop-shaped vase
17:17 - Angular slab vase
GET YOUR FREE TEMPLATES HERE...
thepotterywheel.com/clay-vase/
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Materials and Tools Used in This Video
Roller guides: amzn.to/4898AmK (Amazon)
Rib tool: amzn.to/4898AmK (Amazon)
Clay beveling tool: amzn.to/3uR8IJa (Amazon)
Serrated rib tool: amzn.to/3NgR5sD (Amazon)
Banding wheel: amzn.to/3t9k1Me (Amazon)
Wooden bat: amzn.to/3Ryw8vR (Amazon)
Clay knife: amzn.to/3uMbz6a (Amazon)
Personalized initial stamp: amzn.to/3Rvn2jo (Amazon)
Wooden modeling tools: amzn.to/47J22Ly (Amazon)
Chamois leather: amzn.to/488hkJs (Amazon)
Flexible chopping board: amzn.to/3R9DZOV (Amazon)
Texture clay roller: amzn.to/41jL1p2 (Amazon)
Stylus tool: amzn.to/4a4hvaN (Amazon)
Craft foam: amzn.to/3GylZZB (Amazon)
Wax resist: amzn.to/3RfR0q2 (Amazon)
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Пікірлер: 26

  • @baggeeboy
    @baggeeboy4 ай бұрын

    Thank you for so generously giving your time to share these videos - extremely helpful for a novice like me. Deep gratitude!

  • @denisemcclain6416
    @denisemcclain64165 ай бұрын

    I downloaded the template and I’m making a vase now. Thank you so much for sharing ❤

  • @YT6604
    @YT66044 ай бұрын

    You have a wonderful voice and excellent videos. Thanks a lot!

  • @vicki1141
    @vicki11413 ай бұрын

    This video excites me about trying slab work again. I have attempted hand building a few times on my own. I found it way more difficult than I had effected. Previous videos I watched did not provide all the details you have shown here. Thanks so much ❤ i will definitely be giving slab building another go. Love your channel. Cheers from Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

  • @JudyHensley-xn5gu
    @JudyHensley-xn5gu2 ай бұрын

    Nicely done!!! Thank you for sharing this!!!

  • @jackieopperman6568
    @jackieopperman65686 ай бұрын

    Thank you, I love all three 😍

  • @QuddusKhan-ow4wc

    @QuddusKhan-ow4wc

    5 ай бұрын

    Well done

  • @annewatkis5824
    @annewatkis5824Ай бұрын

    Fabulous.

  • @cherylfarrens7528
    @cherylfarrens75285 ай бұрын

    I used your templates to make the cone and square vases. Just finished firing them and love them. Will be making more. Thank you for your videos!

  • @denisemcclain6416

    @denisemcclain6416

    5 ай бұрын

    Me too. Such a fun project. I love both vases

  • @jacquelinehyde7054
    @jacquelinehyde70543 ай бұрын

    Hi thank you for your tutorial regarding the round vase, the inner tube being a wonderful idea, I have a question could the same technique be used to make a square vase always assuming I can find a square inner box of the right dimensions. I find getting my hands down into the joins to make them smooth and tightly joined very difficult, so wrapping around would make it so much easier. Have you ever done that and did it work out well? Kindest regards and many thanks for the video,s

  • @joyceradesca408
    @joyceradesca4086 ай бұрын

    Hola, all the vase are beautiful Thanks so much for the templates Intentaré hacer alguno Me gusta su blog See you soon !

  • @clairemillette4645
    @clairemillette46455 ай бұрын

    Quel beau travail minutieux felicitation madame c'est vraiment magnifique jaime bcp 😊❤❤❤👍

  • @pascalgallet5931
    @pascalgallet59316 ай бұрын

    Très beau travail. Amitiés.

  • @kencoxdesign
    @kencoxdesign6 ай бұрын

    Hi! I've been doing slab work so this gives me some great ideas. Wanted to let you know the link to the wax resist is a dupe of the craft foam link. I had a question about what that is and how it impacts later glazing. ~~Do you scrape it off before glazing?~~ Oh duh.. it burns off in bisque. This is what happens after a long day at work.

  • @ThePotteryWheel

    @ThePotteryWheel

    6 ай бұрын

    Hey, Ken, glad the video gave you some ideas, and thanks for the heads up about the dupe link :-)

  • @malcolm7436
    @malcolm74366 ай бұрын

    Very impressive with the bevelled angles of the neck by eye, amazingly skilled. I find that when I cut out from a template the clay moves and warps beneath the knife, do you dry the clay with a heatgun or leave some time before cutting out the templates after rolling out the slab?

  • @ThePotteryWheel

    @ThePotteryWheel

    6 ай бұрын

    I leave them sandwiched between a couple of sheets of wood :-)

  • @809stephen
    @809stephen2 ай бұрын

    Hi love the videos , very interesting. Could I ask how you deal with the inside connection on the angled pieces , you can’t get your hand in to add a coil to support the join like all the other joins in the vase .

  • @patriciamangan6816
    @patriciamangan68164 ай бұрын

    what glaze did you use for the cylinder vase? It's beautiful

  • @annewatkis5824
    @annewatkis5824Ай бұрын

    I made the vase according to instructions. The two halves were fine BUT when I attached the two halves, I ended up with one side bulging a bit and the other side much flatter. I shall try again. Does anyone know what thickness the rolled slab was for the tall joined vase? x

  • @ThePotteryWheel

    @ThePotteryWheel

    Ай бұрын

    Hi Anne, was the one that bulged the teardrop shaped vase made from two cones? I'm wondering if the clay was still a bit fresh when you attached them. If the clay is still a bit too wet, it can sag. The slabs for the third taller angular vase were 3mm thick. I hope that helps.

  • @nancyprice8804
    @nancyprice88044 ай бұрын

    cant find the link

  • @ThePotteryWheel

    @ThePotteryWheel

    4 ай бұрын

    Hi Nancy, which link can't you find? the one for the templates? If so, here it is thepotterywheel.com/clay-vase/

  • @nancyprice8804

    @nancyprice8804

    4 ай бұрын

    Thank you for getting back to see so quickly. It was the link for the templates you mentioned, I tried and finally I was able to get them. Thank you so much, I love your tutorials

  • @MsDee-ok8ej

    @MsDee-ok8ej

    Ай бұрын

    Excellent video! Very informative. Can the pieces air dry? Thank you for sharing. 💐💐💐💐