How To Make A Ceramic Slab Pot

Other methods include using slab rollers extruders and hand tossing.

How to make a ceramic slab pot.

Make the slab big enough for the body bottom handle and spout of your teapot depending on the size of mold. This is the basis of a simple pinch pot. Repeat this process at least 10 times. Roll out a slab.

Since the teapot will be built using soft slabs the slab should be approximately 1 4 inch thick. Cut out the design. Save the leftover clay for a knob supports for propping up the handle and spout if needed and decorations. Draw your design on your paper medium.

Follow these few basic steps to make a slab clay tea pot. Make sure you don t push your thumb right through as you ll need to have a base to your pot. Make sure you roll it to at least 1 4 inch in thickness. When you re happy with your smooth round ball push your thumb into the center of it.

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. The most common method is to roll out the slab by hand using a rolling pin. You can use paper or cardboard for your stencil. 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.

Trim one edge into a straight line using your potter s needle. 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. Slab rollers are large pieces of equipment that enable potters to roll large slabs to uniform thicknesses rapidly. Slabs can be made in a variety of methods.