A technique of forming pottery by hand, in which a mass of wet clay is flattened to a slab with a rolling pin. The slab may be beaten into various shapes, joined to other slabs with slip, or paddled over a wood form. MAYER
This term has 11 records attributed within our system.
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Technique
300053905
building, slab (pottery technique)
construction, slab (pottery technique)
method, slab
slab building (pottery technique)
slab construction (pottery technique)
slab method
slab-forming
13yrs ago
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