Creating a Lidded Butter Dish with a Textured Slab and a Focal Accent Ceramics II

This video was originally made to help my Ceramics II students on their Textured Slab Set with Focal Accent Project. In the video, I demonstrate how to roll and texture a slab, and use an acetate pattern I made to create a bottom with a folded side walls, and a butter dish lid with folded side walls. I used a piece of craft from from which I cut my feather focal accent, and I used an MKM wooden roller to create my repeated texture in the background. Link to rollers below When folding slabs, always score and slip the joints, and often add coils for security. I cleaned up the edges with a vegetable peeler, and wet fingers to smooth. Pattern measurements are at the end of the video - but are here too: Base length: 9.5“ long, 5.5“ wide, the notches were about 3/4“ deep- (base that on how tall you want your walls) The top/cover was 11.5“ long, 7.5“ wide, with each of the corner squares cut out at 2.5“ For some of my FAVORITE TOOLS and STUDIO SUPPLIES