How To Make A Ceramic Tray

Apply two coats of paint and let it dry.

How to make a ceramic tray.

In the plastic bag carefully break the coffee cup or teapot making sure to keep the handle intact. Wine cork serving tray. With a hammer carefully break tiles into small jagged pieces. In today s video gail demonstrates the unconventional method she uses to make handbuilt serving trays and platters with what she calls faux feet using soft slabs.

Make sure the wood piece is straight and has clean smooth sanded edges. Seal the tray found on prudentbaby. Euromaxx diy makes. I made this ceramic tile serving tray diy at haven my yearly blogging conference.

The kind folks at jeffery court supplied all the beautiful material to make this tray. There were many make and takes to work on but i was captivated by this one. Now position the piece of wood back in the center of the oval. First paint an old tray in a color you like.

My tray required a piece of clay of at least 8 inches by 14 inches. Turn your tile over and place a felt pad on each corner of the tile. Measure the inside of the tray and cut the decorative paper to size. On the longer tiles i did use 6.

The idea is to cover the egg carton with a layer of clay using the egg carton as a mould. Here s what you need to make a ceramic tile serving tray. You ll use it as a guide and to make a soft defining line between the floor and the walls of the tray. This prevents any scratches on your table or countertop.

I love the low tech simplicity of this method all you need is a slab a coil and your hands plus lots of practice to make it work with such soft clay. A tile of your choice 4 6 felt pads 2 drawer pulls or knobs for smaller trays clear gorilla glue sharpie ruler. Ceramic serving tray ceramic tiles and or plates ceramic teapot or coffee cup plastic bags hammer trowel. You can also apply a second layer and add some photos fabric scraps etc.

Place the tiles or plates in a plastic bag and seal it. My tray was 13 x13 which worked out perfectly for the 4 x4 tiles. I knew i could order 9 tiles and have just enough room for the grout. You ll want to do the math and figure out how many tiles and what size tiles work best for the tray you re using.

Apply a coat of glue and lay the paper on. If you still have not enough christmas gifts but love the look of mosaic tiles here you ll learn how to make a beautiful tray with them.