Making Ceramic Plates With Slabs

Jayne s demonstration is for beginner potters to the advanced.

Making ceramic plates with slabs.

To flip a large slab you will need two pieces of canvas larger than the slab will be. Avoiding the creation of a grain while making slabs is easy and quite straight forward. Place newspaper pattern on slab and cut out plate using a fettling knife a plastic picnic knife works well for elementary age artists. And later place one more piece of cotton cloth on top of the slab and place another plywood on top of it.

Thinner plates are more likely to warp. Save leftover clay for feet balls of clay for feet by hand or foot coil of clay for foot by wheel. Use the excess clay to build support pieces then curve the edges. Make sure clay wetness is very uniform.

First roll out the ceramic. When rolling slabs make sure you roll it out evenly in all directions otherwise you could compress one side more than. Repeat this on the other side. This video teaches you how to make slab dinnerware with easy home made molds.

First roll out the ceramic. Make slab and cut. In this video we learn how to make a ceramic slab plate. Cut slits to help remove the surrounding clay.

Make sure drafts aren t causing uneven drying. 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. 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.

Roll slab to 3 8 to 1 2 thickness and large enough for at least one plate per slab. After this place the clay on butcher or newspaper and smooth it out with a plastic card. In this video we learn how to make a ceramic slab plate. Wedge extremely well or warm the clay up in a pug mill.

Clay should be very uniform. Repeat this on the other side. Make sure the clay is thick enough. Once the slab is rolled we leave it open for 1 2 hours cut the edges etc.

After this place the clay on butcher or newspaper and smooth it out with a plastic card. Thickness should be even. Keep pieces away from the edge of the kiln. Dry all pieces slowly and evenly.

Simply take the time to rotate the clay after each rolling. Cut slits to help remove the surrounding clay. Next use a paper template to help cut your design or use a circular object. Learn how to create a plate with clay.

It is also helpful to flip a slab over and roll it on both sides rather than just one.