This is how I make a square-based slab mug by hand without using a pottery wheel. I make this mug using a template. Pottery templates can help you make evenly shaped and proportioned slab pottery mugs. Using a pottery pattern will allow you to make sets of mugs that are the same shape and size.
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Timestamps for this video:
00:00 – start
0:07 – Rolling the slab
1:36 – Cutting around the template
2:19 – Smoothing the rim of the mug
2:42 – Putting the clay to one side to firm up
3:08 – Preparing the base of the mug
3:43 – Making the handle
4:45 – Beveling the edges of the slab
5:18 – Scoring the beveled edges
5:37 – Shaping the slab into a curved cone
5:59 – Joining the clay seam
8:09 – Shaping the base of the mug into a square
10:06 – Adding the base of the mug
12:00 – Blending the base onto the mug
12:32 – Tidying up the bottom edge of the mug
13:57 – Attaching the handle
16:39 – The finished mug
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SOME MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED IN THIS VIDEO
Clay: https://bit.ly/clay38 (Blick)
Canvas for rolling on: https://amzn.to/3YCCMDF (Amazon)
Rolling pin: https://amzn.to/4fgTNcW (Amazon)
Wide pasta roller: https://amzn.to/3YFoRfQ (Amazon)
Roller guides/thickness guides: https://amzn.to/3C4SmQw (Amazon)
Clay knife: https://amzn.to/3N9Cnng (Amazon)
Platter tool: https://bit.ly/3Rp8Xnt
Craft foam: https://amzn.to/4dXyeNx (Amazon)
Flexible chopping board: https://amzn.to/413jHLA (Amazon)
Clay shredder: https://amzn.to/47CsciV (Amazon)
Banding wheel: https://amzn.to/4eLeldT (Amazon)
Wooden pottery bat: https://amzn.to/4eTi8FZ (Amazon)
Clay scoring tool: https://amzn.to/40cEBt5 (Amazon)
Rubber pottery rib: https://amzn.to/4dSR74p (Amazon)
Serrated rib tool: https://amzn.to/3YBTtQN (Amazon)
Wooden modeling tools: https://amzn.to/3Ad2pCB (Amazon)
Chamois leather: https://amzn.to/3zZTncd (Amazon)
Celadon glazes: https://bit.ly/4e22aIm (Blick)
Pottery sponge: https://amzn.to/4hAAvBg (Amazon)
Letters for makers mark: https://tidd.ly/3Aty8Q9 (Etsy)
Surform/clay shredder: https://amzn.to/4hCPr1L (Amazon)
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