Clay is rolled back and forth to create a snake-like form. This is called a coil. When a coil is made into a circle and sucessively placed one on top the other or one conyinous spiral; one layer on top of it self; it forms a cylinder. This is called coiling.
To form pottery by the use of rolls of clay welded together.
A method of hand-building pottery in which the clay is rolled out into long, narrow ropes of clay that are placed one on top of another and joined to build up the form. Either the coils are left visible or the joints are smoothed over.
A method of forming pottery or sculpture from rolls of clay that are smoothed together to form the sides of a jar or pot.
A meathod of handbuilding a form using long rolled out, or extruded, snake-like lengths of clay. Each coil of clay is integrated with the previous one to build the work up. The coils may be completely obliterated in the construction process or retained for their decorative qualities.
The process of rolling clay into strands, which are then wound into a variety of shapes. A smooth appearance can be achieved by blending the creases between each coil.
A hand method of forming clay objects by building with ropelike rolls or coils of clay.
creating the walls of ceramic forms by melding together rolls of clay.
A hand building technique where snake-like pieces of clay are placed in a spiral formation, thereby building a cylindrical shape. The coils are then smoothed out so that the piece takes on a continuous contour. Only rarely are the coils left showing. Because coiling is a slow process and coiled pieces have an increased chance of weak points at any of the joins between the coils, coiled pieces generally do not lend themselves well to functional pieces. See also hand building.
A process of building up the walls of a pot by adding successive rope-like coils of clay. In the coil-and-scrape method, used by Pueblo potters, the walls of the pot are thinned, shaped, and smoothed by scraping with a smooth tool.
is a process of adding ropes of clay in order to build up the walls of the pot. Tools are then used to thin and smooth the pot. Very common with Pueblo potters
Rolled clay in flat form or with a rounded section that welds to itself when fired to make a solid form.