Making Ceramic Plates With Slabs

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.

Making ceramic plates with slabs.

Make sure drafts aren t causing uneven drying. This video teaches you how to make slab dinnerware with easy home made molds. Clay should be very uniform. To flip a large slab you will need two pieces of canvas larger than the slab will be.

Sort of like a sandwich i have followed this many times while making tiles coasters or murals and got good results. When rolling slabs make sure you roll it out evenly in all directions otherwise you could compress one side more than. First roll out the ceramic. Cut slits to help remove the surrounding clay.

Keep pieces away from the edge of the kiln. More talc and more grog in the clay can help with many problems. Use the excess clay to build support pieces then curve the edges. Make slab and cut.

Avoiding the creation of a grain while making slabs is easy and quite straight forward. Repeat this on the other side. Wedge extremely well or warm the clay up in a pug mill. Jayne s demonstration is for beginner potters to the advanced.

After this place the clay on butcher or newspaper and smooth it out with a plastic card. Thinner plates are more likely to warp. It is also helpful to flip a slab over and roll it on both sides rather than just one. Dry all pieces slowly and evenly.

Make sure clay wetness is very uniform. In this video we learn how to make a ceramic slab plate. First roll out the ceramic. Make sure the clay is thick enough.

Roll slab to 3 8 to 1 2 thickness and large enough for at least one plate per slab. Next use a paper template to help cut your design or use a circular object. Learn how to create a plate with clay. 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. Repeat this on the other side. Cut slits to help remove the surrounding clay. In this video we learn how to make a ceramic slab plate.

Thickness should be even. 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. Making plates isn t the easiest thing to do but you can handle it if you learn a little ceramics.

Place newspaper pattern on slab and cut out plate using a fettling knife a plastic picnic knife works well for elementary age artists.