coiling (pottery method)
A hand-building pottery technique where clay is rolled into long ropes (紐) and coiled to form vessels. Used in both traditional and contemporary ceramics.
Many Jomon pottery pieces were formed using the coiling method.
I learned the basics of coiling at the pottery class.
Standard kanji spelling for the pottery coiling technique.
Alternate spelling using づくり instead of 作り; both are seen in pottery contexts.
Compound of 紐 (himo, 'string, cord') and 作り (tsukuri, 'making, construction'), referring to the technique of building pottery by coiling clay ropes.