Learn how to make your own handbuilt plate from a clay slab. This class is great for beginners or for those that just want to make their own plates. One of the things I love about making plates this way is that you can make as many as you want, they will all be the exact same shape and size. This makes them perfect for making dinnerware sets. This plate shape is also fabulous as a starting point for many of my surface decoration classes and as a glaze and/or underglaze test plate.

Materials:
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4 lbs of clay rolled out to a 1/4” thick sheet. I am using Laguna bmix without grog
12” Wilton Cake Board for a template
9.5” circle GR Pottery Form
Ware board
Clay Knife, I am using the Dolan 220s,
Needle tool
Flexible ribs, I am using the Large Yellow and #1 Red Sherrill mud tool
Sponge
Bowl or bucket of Water
Serrated rib
Clay Shaper/Color shaper
3/4” thick stips of wood
Rolling pin
Slab thickness strips
Weight bags
Banding Wheel
Picture hanging Wire, Wire Cutter
Fan Brush #4 and Sumi Brush
Kiln, your own or access to one

Glazes Used:
Amaco Sky Celadon
Amaco Emerald Falls
Amaco Blue Lagoon