Making A Plate Lip On Ceramic Pottery

Make a ceramic plate through the process of throwing clay.

Making a plate lip on ceramic pottery.

Studio pottery studio ceramics can be quite diverse. Learn how to create a plate with clay. Often decorated for example with gilding. The base the underside.

In today s post an excerpt from the pottery making illustrated archives sean shares his best tips on how to make ceramic plates in multiples jennifer poellot harnetty editor. Production potters are most active in making large quantities of ceramic wares such as plates platters dishes bowls and so on. Handmade red and white pottery polka dot glazed 7 9inch 20cm side plate dessert plate unique ceramic dinnerware housewarming gift by city to cottage 3 3 out of 5 stars 4 27 95 27. Welcome to my online pottery lessons.

Production potters can sit down with a hundred pounds of clay and throw the same form all day. Slab building glaze color exploration. In this residency he had to make 500 plates in a relatively short amount of time for the center s annual fundraiser. Chinese ceramic plates usually just curve up at the edges or have a narrow lip.

Watch this ceramics tutorial video to learn how to make some simple lips and rims with cut aways. The rim the outer edge of the piece. Part 1 of 12 how to make ceramic plates. Not all plates have a distinct lip.

The usual wide and flat european raised lip is derived from old european metalwork plate shapes. Learn about throwing a plate from an artist in this free ceramics and pottery video series. Today s post we put together a time lapsed excerpt from birdie boone s video simple elegance. I know how to make a platter on the pottery wheel but with limited time in the studio i really need to come up with a ceramic slab project that i can repeat again and again.