Making Ceramic Plates

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.

Making ceramic plates.

All it takes is a little creativity patience and ceramic paint. Three quarter inch thick ceramic plates over level iiia soft body armor is considered effective for level iii armor against rifles. Next use a paper template to help cut your design or use a circular object. Food safe paints are often labeled as such and can be found at your local art supply store.

Painting your own design is an easy way to customize a set of ceramic plates. Use the excess clay to build support pieces then curve the edges. Learn how to create a plate with clay. What i did was to use thick ceramic floor tile which is what is commonly used in diy body armor.

First roll out the ceramic. Hand painted ceramic plates make beautiful decorations for your home or office. Repeat this on the other side. Not only does ceramic mold making enable you to repeat a form over and over again it also makes individual forms lose their preciousness which frees you up to experiment more.

Making plates isn t the easiest thing to do but you can handle it if you learn a little ceramics. Rather than using a grid of 2 square tiles i chose a. Craft retailers often stock specialty ceramic paint that you can apply freehand with a brush or to kick it up a notch use stencils or stamps in your design. The big problem is usually dealing with the weight.

After this place the clay on butcher or newspaper and smooth it out with a plastic card. Learn about throwing a plate from an artist in this free ceramics and pottery video series. Make a ceramic plate through the process of throwing clay. Part 1 of 12 how to make ceramic plates.

Ceramic mold making opens up endless potential for creative expression. In this video we learn how to make a ceramic slab plate. To make a ceramic plate you ll need to roll out clay or throw it on a potter s wheel create a shape let it dry and fire it in a kiln. They also make thoughtful gifts for loved ones.