Slab-built pottery made by hand

…meant to be held.

Textured hand-built ceramics by Sarah Pike in Fernie, BC

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The process

Sarah’s slab-built pots begin with a thin slab of soft clay. Hand-carved stamps and rollers impress the clay’s squishy surface, creating raised texture and pattern. The slabs are then cut, and the pieces assembled into a variety of functional forms. The process is deliberately slow and intuitive, relying heavily on play, design, and experimentation. This approach imbues every pot with its own distinct personality.

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slabbuilt teapot and mugs with intricate raised texture made by stamping. slabbuilding. slabbery. pottery
Sarah Pike rolling a clay slab in the studio

That’s me in the thought bubble. Pretty much where I live.

I used to get in trouble for daydreaming, but these days I call it part of the creative process. Turns out, all that wandering led me right here.

Slabbuilt teapot with cherry blossom texture pouring tea into a slab cup with tree texture. slabbery. pottery

 

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Upcoming Workshops

  • Multiple women engaging in a pottery or ceramics workshop inside a well-lit studio with large windows, wooden furniture, and a concrete floor.

    Slabbery: Form and Design

    June and Sept 2026

    5 day slab-building workshop with Sarah Pike in her home studio in Fernie, BC Canada

  • Three women in a workshop working on pottery projects. Two women in the foreground are focused on their pottery, one with a bowl, the other with a piece of clay. A woman in the background stands at another work table.

    Texture Explorations

    June or Sept 2026

    5 day workshop focussed on texture and pattern design in Sarah Pike’s studio in Fernie, BC, Canada

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