Making Ceramic Plates With Slabs

To flip a large slab you will need two pieces of canvas larger than the slab will be.

Making ceramic plates with slabs.

After this place the clay on butcher or newspaper and smooth it out with a plastic card. And later place one more piece of cotton cloth on top of the slab and place another plywood on top of it. After this place the clay on butcher or newspaper and smooth it out with a plastic card. Learn how to create a plate with clay.

Jayne s demonstration is for beginner potters to the advanced. Roll slab to 3 8 to 1 2 thickness and large enough for at least one plate per slab. Simply take the time to rotate the clay after each rolling. Keep pieces away from the edge of the kiln.

Make sure the clay is thick enough. Repeat this on the other side. Making plates isn t the easiest thing to do but you can handle it if you learn a little ceramics. Once the slab is rolled we leave it open for 1 2 hours cut the edges etc.

When rolling slabs make sure you roll it out evenly in all directions otherwise you could compress one side more than. Make slab and cut. Avoiding the creation of a grain while making slabs is easy and quite straight forward. Use the excess clay to build support pieces then curve the edges.

Wedge extremely well or warm the clay up in a pug mill. Clay should be very uniform. If rolling a slab roll it in multiple directions. Save leftover clay for feet balls of clay for feet by hand or foot coil of clay for foot by wheel.

It is also helpful to flip a slab over and roll it on both sides rather than just one. Sort of like a sandwich i have followed this many times while making tiles coasters or murals and got good results. Place newspaper pattern on slab and cut out plate using a fettling knife a plastic picnic knife works well for elementary age artists. In this video we learn how to make a ceramic slab plate.

Cut slits to help remove the surrounding clay. To make a ceramic plate you ll need to roll out clay or throw it on a potter s wheel create a shape let it dry and fire it in a kiln. Cut slits to help remove the surrounding clay. This video teaches you how to make slab dinnerware with easy home made molds.

Make sure drafts aren t causing uneven drying. Make sure clay wetness is very uniform. Dry all pieces slowly and evenly. Repeat this on the other side.

Next use a paper template to help cut your design or use a circular object. More talc and more grog in the clay can help with many problems. In this video we learn how to make a ceramic slab plate. Next use a paper template to help cut your design or use a circular object.

First roll out the ceramic.