hand-forming; hand-building; handwork
Refers to shaping pottery or similar items by hand, without a potter's wheel or mechanical tools. Often used in contexts like 手捻りで作る or 手捻りの器.
This tea bowl is made by hand-forming.
I attend a pottery class to learn hand-building techniques.
Standard kanji spelling.
Common mixed kana-kanji spelling.
Compound of 手 (hand) and 捻り (twisting, shaping), literally 'hand-twisting'.