Soft Slab Basics

Video SSB1: Throwing a Slab

• Cutting clay from the bag for slabs

• Tools: DIY use of concrete 

• Use of rib

• Use of newspaper

• "Clay has a memory." How to properly handle slabs

• Rotating slab to prevent warping

Time: 14:56

Video SSB2: Rolling a Slab

• Cutting clay from the bag for slabs

• Tools: DIY use of concrete 

• Use of rib

• Use of newspaper

• "Clay has a memory." How to properly handle slabs

• Use of "guide rails" (stir sticks) to set slab thickness

• Use of rolling pin

• Rotating slab to prevent warping

Time: 12:42

Video SSB3: Rounding your Rims

• Use of Tools: round tool or fingernail for shaping rim

• Importance of a finished rim for dinnerware

Time: 6:10

Good Foot Bad Foot

• What makes a good foot

• What makes a bad foot

• "Diameter and radius ratio"

• "Slab form--slab foot."

• Engineering decisions

• Slab foot and support coils

• Principles of Design: balance/continuity

Time 8:07

Video SSSM4: Slump Mold Tray Foot Design 

• Slab form; slab foot

• Principles of design

• Engineering: preventing warping with foot design and placement

Time: 9.54

Video SSB4: Troubleshooting an Uneven Foot

• Craftsmanship: making sure your work is level or does not wobble

• Flattening or leveling the foot

• Stages of Clay: know when to do what

Time: 6:28

Why adding water to soft slab is not recommended.