How To Make A Ceramic Slab Pot

Draw your design on your paper medium.

How to make a ceramic slab pot.

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. When you re happy with your smooth round ball push your thumb into the center of it. Roll out a slab. Slabs can be made in a variety of methods.

Form a slab just as you did in steps one and three. Follow these few basic steps to make a slab clay tea pot. Roll it out utilizing if you have one a rolling pin or a evenly roung shaft of some kind. Save the leftover clay for a knob supports for propping up the handle and spout if needed and decorations.

This is the basis of a simple pinch pot. 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. Repeat this process at least 10 times. 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. You can use paper or cardboard for your stencil. The most common method is to roll out the slab by hand using a rolling pin. Make sure you roll it to at least 1 4 inch in thickness.

Make sure you don t push your thumb right through as you ll need to have a base to your pot. Other methods include using slab rollers extruders and hand tossing. Since the teapot will be built using soft slabs the slab should be approximately 1 4 inch thick. Make the slab big enough for the body bottom handle and spout of your teapot depending on the size of mold.