Three Variations on Making a Simple Cylindrical Slab Cup With Three Different Handles

This video demonstrates how to make three variations of a simple cylindrical slab mug using a pattern as a guide. I recommend this for people of the beginner and intermediate levels working in clay. I am using a slab which I texture in this video- but of course, you can make without texture. My ceramics II students have a textured slab set project for which this technique really lends itself. The pattern I used was 11“ long by 3.5“ high. The first mug is shown in detail of the construction process. I am using a beautiful MKM roller to add my texture to the clay after I lightly dusted it with cornstarch. I use the Kemper SWB scratchwire brush for scoring the slabs and handles. (See my doc below for links to the MKM rollers and tools). Off camera, I build the other two. When the forms are built, then I show the stretching and shaping of the forms to create the two variations of the straight slab. One shows a footring. I also show how I make handles with texture from the carrot slam me