Making Square Plate Ceramics

Part 1 of 12 how to make ceramic plates.
Making square plate ceramics. Place newspaper pattern on slab and cut out plate using a fettling knife a plastic picnic knife works well for elementary age artists. Sean o connell had to figure out how to make ceramic plates in multiples when he had to make 500 plates in a relatively short amount of time for the watershed center for ceramic arts s annual fundraiser salad days in today s post sean shares his best tips on how to make ceramic plates in multiples. Pottery blog emily murphy. Although technically much of it is done off of the wheel.
Save leftover clay for feet balls of clay for feet by hand or foot coil of clay for foot by wheel. Roll slab to 3 8 to 1 2 thickness and large enough for at least one plate per slab. And there you go that s how i make square plates on the wheel. Make a ceramic plate through the process of throwing clay.
It s quite liberating to cut into a piece. I hope you ll give it a try and put your own spin and unique character. Make slab and cut. Learn about throwing a plate from an artist in this free ceramics and pottery video series.