I love hand building. It has to be the most basic and most ancient way to work with clay. It’s satisfying and instinctual and it can be done by anyone, anywhere. Pick up a lump of sticky mud and form it into a bowl or figure and it transforms into a way to hold water or remember your ancestors. While it is ancient, but it’s not simple or necessarily easy. There are plenty of techniques used in hand building that have to be mastered in order to achieve the effect you want. One of the things[…]
