this is my favorite way to do large scale ceramic pieces. get like 2-8 twenty-five pound bags of the clay of your choice, score and slip them together, and start gouging into it with loops and wires. work it down till the whole thing weighs a fith of what it started at and recycle the clay. although i havent done it in years because the last time i had access to that much clay and more importantly free kiln space, was when i took ceramics in highschool. clay and kiln time were provided free of charge (the class cost like $100 a year up front)
Kurinuki is a traditional pottery technique where you start with a block of clay and carve away to reveal the final form.
this is my favorite way to do large scale ceramic pieces. get like 2-8 twenty-five pound bags of the clay of your choice, score and slip them together, and start gouging into it with loops and wires. work it down till the whole thing weighs a fith of what it started at and recycle the clay. although i havent done it in years because the last time i had access to that much clay and more importantly free kiln space, was when i took ceramics in highschool. clay and kiln time were provided free of charge (the class cost like $100 a year up front)
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I should have noted this is a cross post from mappersorton, who I am sure will appreciate the complement.
beautiful!