Make a Basic Slab Pot

Create the First and Second Sides of Your Slab Pot

Measure and cut slabs for a slab pot. A straight edge helps get clean cuts.

Photo © 2009 Beth E Peterson

Form a slab just as you did in Step One. Trim one edge into a straight line using your potter's needle. Laying it so it abuts one edge of your base, mark and trim away the clay so that the new slab is the same width. Trim what will be the upper edge to the height that you will want the finished pot to be.

Create a second slab and trim it to the same dimensions as the first side slab.

• Form a Slab
• Create the Base of Your Slab Pot
• Create the First and Second Sides of Your Slab Pot
• Attach the First Two Sides of Your Slab Pot
• Create the Last Two Sides of the Slab Pot
• Attach the Last Two Sides of the Slab Pot
• Finishing Your Basic Slab Pot
• Drying Your Basic Slab Pot