Making Ceramic Plates With Slabs

Use the excess clay to build support pieces then curve the edges.

Making ceramic plates with slabs.

First roll out the ceramic. Learn how to create a plate with clay. When rolling slabs make sure you roll it out evenly in all directions otherwise you could compress one side more than. Next use a paper template to help cut your design or use a circular object.

Repeat this on the other side. It is also helpful to flip a slab over and roll it on both sides rather than just one. Repeat this on the other side. To flip a large slab you will need two pieces of canvas larger than the slab will be.

First roll out the ceramic. This video teaches you how to make slab dinnerware with easy home made molds. Simply take the time to rotate the clay after each rolling. Avoiding the creation of a grain while making slabs is easy and quite straight forward.

Next use a paper template to help cut your design or use a circular object. Make sure clay wetness is very uniform. Dry all pieces slowly and evenly. After this place the clay on butcher or newspaper and smooth it out with a plastic card.

After this place the clay on butcher or newspaper and smooth it out with a plastic card. Cut slits to help remove the surrounding clay. Wedge extremely well or warm the clay up in a pug mill. In this video we learn how to make a ceramic slab plate.

Roll slab to 3 8 to 1 2 thickness and large enough for at least one plate per slab. Making plates isn t the easiest thing to do but you can handle it if you learn a little ceramics. Clay should be very uniform. In this video we learn how to make a ceramic slab plate.

And later place one more piece of cotton cloth on top of the slab and place another plywood on top of it. Sort of like a sandwich i have followed this many times while making tiles coasters or murals and got good results. Make slab and cut. Place newspaper pattern on slab and cut out plate using a fettling knife a plastic picnic knife works well for elementary age artists.

If rolling a slab roll it in multiple directions. Jayne s demonstration is for beginner potters to the advanced. More talc and more grog in the clay can help with many problems. Save leftover clay for feet balls of clay for feet by hand or foot coil of clay for foot by wheel.

Make sure the clay is thick enough. Thickness should be even. Cut slits to help remove the surrounding clay. Keep pieces away from the edge of the kiln.

Once the slab is rolled we leave it open for 1 2 hours cut the edges etc.