Handbuilding - Michael Hardy

Michael Hardy looks at the traditional handbuilding methods ofpinching, coiling, slab building and pressmoulding, and explains indetail how to use them. The simplicity and steadiness of mosthandbuilding techniques means that they can be used to build much morecomplex forms than can be achieved on the wheel, and so appeals to awide range of ceramic artists. These artists are exploring thepossibilities that handbuilding provides, pushing back the boundariesand combining techniques to achieve some of the most exciting ceramicstoday.