slab method

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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.
slab method
Accepted term: 07-Apr-2025