Ceramic Arts Daily – Pottery Video of the Week: How to Make a Textured Soft Slab Wall Plate

Making plaster molds from found forms is a great way to introduce new shapes into your pottery repertoire. The local dollar store or thrift shop can turn up interesting and inexpensive forms.

In today’s video, a (much condensed) excerpt from our DVD Slabs, Templates, Textures and Terra Sigillata, which is ON SALE March 29-April 1 (no foolin’!), potter Jeremy Randall demonstrates just such a project. Jeremy shows his signature texture making method, and makes a soft slab textured wall plate with an extruded rim and foot. Enjoy and have a fabulous weekend! – Jennifer Harnetty, editor.

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This clip was excerpted from Slabs, Templates, Textures and Terra Sigillata: Handbuilding and Decorating Techniques, which is ON SALE March 29-April 1 (no foolin’!) in the Ceramic Arts Daily Bookstore!

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To learn more about Jeremy or see more images of his work, please visit www.jeremyrandallceramics.com.

Jeremy Randall March 29, 2013 at 10:16 pm -

Beatrice, Thanks for enjoying the video! The steel tacks melt around cone 02/01, so just around 2000 degrees or so. In regards to using them as a way to attach things, I would have to say that I would be skeptical, though not positive. The steel definitely gets brittle and a bit soft once it is fired, so putting weight or force onto a connection made solely with tacks may be prone to breaking. As clay shrinks it will grab nicely onto the addition, but the clay will be stronger than the tack by far. When all else fails, test it, and be sure to let me know how it goes! Cheers, and be sure to check out the full DVD as there are many other bits of info that could be helpful.
Beatrice Gilboa March 29, 2013 at 4:10 pm -

Thank you Jeremy for this clear demonstration. Could you tell me at what temperature you are firing? I’m wondering at what temperature iron nails are melting? And if they are secure as a usfull handle to grip on and still keep attached into the clay ;) Excuse me if the questions are basic, I’m not an expert…
Jennifer Harnetty March 29, 2013 at 12:11 pm -

Linda – Are you using Internet Explorer 9? That seems to be a common link of may of our video issues. If you are, please try this: If you are using Internet Explorer 9 and there is just a big blank where the video intro with the white arrow should be please try clicking on ‘Compatibility View’, which is an icon that looks like a torn piece of paper in the URL box at the upper left of the screen. The video should appear and run. Thanks, Jennifer Harnetty, editor
Linda Touzeau March 29, 2013 at 10:49 am -

Unable to view video. This has been a problem for the past week. What’s up?

Pottery Video of the Week: How to Make a Textured Soft Slab Wall Plate

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