Stoneware vessel using the coiling method and wax resist to create her organic patterns.
Coiling is a method of creating ceramic wares that has been used to shape clay for thousands of years and found accross many cultures around the world. Coiling involves the rolling out of clay into thin sausage like forms that then is wound round like a spring. Building a vessel with coils is accomplished by placing them around the circumference and gradually increasing the height. A time consuming process with the end result a more organic finish without the lines one finds in wheelthrown works.
