Bailey senior curator of contemporary art, and Pamela Solares ... Simpson’s ceramic technique is known as “slap-slab,” where clay is rolled into flat pieces that are put together to create ...
Slab building needs careful preparation but can make some impressive sculptural objects or vessels. A lump of clay is first rolled out onto either a sheet of fabric or paper, using a rolling pin.
Hundreds of years later, people are now flocking to studios to throw clay on a wheel and de-stress. For both beginners and ...
Local artists will have the opportunity to expand their professional network at the annual Wide Bay Burnett Pottery Association Convention.
In the film, he starts by stopping off at a vibrant artwork known as Salvation Mountain, which was built by late Slab City resident Leonard Knight over the course of many years using local clay.
The little slabs of clay covered with dense, wedge-shaped cuneiform writing were thought by Yale University scholars to involve medicines. Unearthed in an archaeological dig in the Middle East ...