Making Ceramic Plates With Slabs

Make sure drafts aren t causing uneven drying.

Making ceramic plates with slabs.

Dry all pieces slowly and evenly. 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. Thinner plates are more likely to warp. Clay should be very uniform.

After this place the clay on butcher or newspaper and smooth it out with a plastic card. Jayne s demonstration is for beginner potters to the advanced. More talc and more grog in the clay can help with many problems. And later place one more piece of cotton cloth on top of the slab and place another plywood on top of it.

Cut slits to help remove the surrounding clay. In this video we learn how to make a ceramic slab plate. Use the excess clay to build support pieces then curve the edges. First roll out the ceramic.

Learn how to create a plate with clay. Make sure clay wetness is very uniform. Avoiding the creation of a grain while making slabs is easy and quite straight forward. Making plates isn t the easiest thing to do but you can handle it if you learn a little ceramics.

Save leftover clay for feet balls of clay for feet by hand or foot coil of clay for foot by wheel. Thickness should be even. In this video we learn how to make a ceramic slab plate. Simply take the time to rotate the clay after each rolling.

Next use a paper template to help cut your design or use a circular object. Once the slab is rolled we leave it open for 1 2 hours cut the edges etc. Cut slits to help remove the surrounding clay. Repeat this on the other side.

Keep pieces away from the edge of the kiln. First roll out the ceramic. Make slab and cut. Roll slab to 3 8 to 1 2 thickness and large enough for at least one plate per slab.

It is also helpful to flip a slab over and roll it on both sides rather than just one. 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. Make sure the clay is thick enough.

Repeat this on the other side. Wedge extremely well or warm the clay up in a pug mill. Next use a paper template to help cut your design or use a circular object. Sort of like a sandwich i have followed this many times while making tiles coasters or murals and got good results.

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