The slab technique

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1. Pottery and greenware
2. Clay: types and preparation
3. Wedging and preparing clay
4. The slab technique
5. Uniform thickness, dimensions and balance
6. Joining slabs
7. Building a slab vase
8. Drying to leather hard
9. Three greenware decorative techniques
10. Sgraffito
11. Designing a sgraffito pattern
12. Engobe: coloured slip
13. Applying engobe
14. Slip trailing tools
15. Patterns made by slip trailing
16. Combining the three techniques
17. Texture and aesthetic appeal
18. Pottery traditions for mentorship
19. Firing decorated greenware
20. Safety, hygiene and the environment
21. Displaying and critiquing the pottery
22. Appraising a decorated slab vase