How To Make A Ceramic Slab Pot

Roll it out utilizing if you have one a rolling pin or a evenly roung shaft of some kind.

How to make a ceramic slab pot. Since the teapot will be built using soft slabs the slab should be approximately 1 4 inch thick. Make sure you don t push your thumb right through as you ll need to have a base to your pot. The most common method is to roll out the slab by hand using a rolling pin. Laying it so it abuts one edge of your base mark and trim away the clay so that the new slab will fit snugly in between the interior surfaces of the two sides already in place.

Other methods include using slab rollers extruders and hand tossing. Form a slab just as you did in steps one and three. Roll out a slab of clay the amount you need depends on the size of the stencil you re making into a ball and smash the ball onto a hard surface then reshape it into a ball again. When you re happy with your smooth round ball push your thumb into the center of it.

Pound your clay so as to make it pliable yet tough. Slab rollers are large pieces of equipment that enable potters to roll large slabs to uniform thicknesses rapidly. Trim one edge into a straight line using your potter s needle. Follow these few basic steps to make a slab clay tea pot.

You can use paper or cardboard for your stencil. Draw your design on your paper medium. Cut out the design. Make the slab big enough for the body bottom handle and spout of your teapot depending on the size of mold.

Make sure you roll it to at least 1 4 inch in thickness. Slabs can be made in a variety of methods. Once you ve made the initial pinch you might need to press both your thumbs into the center to open up the pot a bit. Save the leftover clay for a knob supports for propping up the handle and spout if needed and decorations.