The Beginner's Guide to Decorating Pottery by Reinhardt Emily;

Author:Reinhardt, Emily;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Published: 2023-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

Now, I can start rolling my base slab, rotating and flipping directionally so that it doesn’t get rolled out too narrow or too long for the shape of the piece I’m making. I stop rolling when my slab is about 1 inch (2.5 cm) thick. This is when I start to lay out my pattern of cut pieces. Your inlaid shapes can be organic and irregular, or you can build a more structured pattern like I am, with checkered squares. Once your pattern is laid out on the top surface, you can roll the slab back out to a 1-inch (2.5 cm) thickness. This gets the pattern pressed in on its first roll. As you start to get the slab rolled out thinner, you can start rotating the slab so that your inlaid pattern gets stretched evenly in all directions. Stop rolling when your slab is ¼ inch (6 mm) thick. I think ¼ inch (6 mm) is a great thickness for slab-built plates and trays, but feel free to go a bit thinner if you like.

I then use my silicone rib tool to compress and smooth the inlaid pattern in all directions. Compressing is great for getting rid of unwanted finger marks or canvas texture, but it also helps strengthen the platelets of the clay so that the two clays are firmly inlaid together.

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