The slab techinque in pottery conists of using your hands to flatten clay and using this to created different forms. This style can create shapes and forms that are difficult to accomplish using coiling or a pottery wheel. This technique was used largly Mesoamerican Precolumbian potters.
The design and texture of this piece gives the impression of leather.
Insted of having a uniform cylindrical shape this vase stops short and curves out giving it a wavy look.
This penguin was made by making the initial basic shape and then adding the dark blue piece on later.
The the designs and shape of this vase along with the decortive handles make this slab vessel look like a dress.
Here this interesting vase is made up of two individual parts pieced together. The shape and design along with it's long handle make it unique.
This group of decorative pieces have a sense of religous nature with the different hand signs and designs covering them.