How To Make A Ceramic Plate Without A Wheel

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How to make a ceramic plate without a wheel.

In today s post an excerpt from the pottery making illustrated archives sean shares his best tips on how to make ceramic plates in multiples jennifer poellot harnetty editor. Ceramic plate pottery this is a very basic explanation of how to throw a plate hope is helps. For example an easy way to make a flower pot is just cutting a rectangle piece of flat clay rolling it and joining either end you will have a cylinder then cut a circle for the. Now you may need to reinforce the joints at this point.

The clay should easily yield under the pressure if it is soft enough to work with. Simple pottery without a wheel techniques. Last updated on tuesday 29 march 2016 10 37 written by nevin thursday 27 june 2013 16 24 when i talk about basic pottery techniques i mean techniques that require a minimum of special equipment and that you do not need a potter s wheel for they can be done just by hand. You repeat this on all of the internal joints and from there the box will be made strong.

Position the clay cone so the rounded point is directly over the center of the wheel and press down firmly to hold it in place. Place newspaper pattern on slab and cut out plate using a fettling knife a plastic picnic knife works well for elementary age artists. All of these things we are making without using a pottery wheel you just need to flatten out your clay cut it into rectangles squares circles or other shapes. If wheel throwing isn t your thing check out this article for handbuilding ceramic plates using a common craft store material.

Make slab and cut. Roll slab to 3 8 to 1 2 thickness and large enough for at least one plate per slab. Make sure the wheel is off and completely dry. Place the clay firmly on the wheel with the tip facing down.

Techniques for making pottery without a potters wheel.