handbuilding
nounUK /ˈhændˌbɪldɪŋ/
US /ˈhændˌbɪldɪŋ/
Handbuilding is making things from clay using only your hands and simple tools.
In art class, we learned handbuilding by shaping a small bowl from clay.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The act of constructing something by hand rather than by machine.
The handbuilding of the wooden fence took the whole weekend.
3. A method in ceramics that includes pinch, coil, and slab techniques.
Handbuilding includes pinch pots, coil pots, and slab work.
4. The process of assembling a physical object manually from parts.
Handbuilding the model car required patience and glue.