How To Make A Ceramic Slab Pot

Make sure you roll it to at least 1 4 inch in thickness.

How to make a ceramic slab pot.

Pound your clay so as to make it pliable yet tough. Form a slab just as you did in steps one and three. Since the teapot will be built using soft slabs the slab should be approximately 1 4 inch thick. Save the leftover clay for a knob supports for propping up the handle and spout if needed and decorations.

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. This is the basis of a simple pinch pot. Roll it out utilizing if you have one a rolling pin or a evenly roung shaft of some kind. Slab rollers are large pieces of equipment that enable potters to roll large slabs to uniform thicknesses rapidly.

Draw your design on your paper medium. Repeat this process at least 10 times. When you re happy with your smooth round ball push your thumb into the center of it. 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.

Make sure you don t push your thumb right through as you ll need to have a base to your pot. Trim one edge into a straight line using your potter s needle. The most common method is to roll out the slab by hand using a rolling pin. Make the slab big enough for the body bottom handle and spout of your teapot depending on the size of mold.

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. Roll out a slab. Follow these few basic steps to make a slab clay tea pot.