How to make a large textured slab platter.

[@wendybryan6071]

Your furry assistant lends the right touch. Beautiful work.

[@freedomstaying-free8162]

Loved the soft paint roller tip, so much more efficient than my finger tips...thank you!

[@charlottesmom]

Very helpful video, love watching your process. 👍🏻 Your dog is adorable! 💕

[@kdwalters4146]

just saw your video for the first time....I am so grateful for the calm music and quiet working atmosphere...as well as many new ideas you have spurred for me....and love your lil pooch in the background...what a great atmosphere to work in!

[@annhartz6439]

I am in Sweden lock in at my farm because of Corona😳😳😳 Has started again with ceramic . 😏. Happy that I found you . Thanks for all your tips Ann Hartz Sweden

[@jackiemorrison6024]

Beautiful.. I learn so much from your videos

[@screamingmimi90]

Awwww, you’re great! What a charming video.❤️ And what a sweet little doggy!

[@cynthialovold9031]

Those are beautiful, Bill! I'm going to put some of my "found forms" on posts to make a master mold; I'm so excited!! 😍

[@lindarivers6917]

Love the potato peeler and paint roller tips!

[@ohshecanride]

I love this video - so meticulously made! And thank you for the tip on using soft paint roller - this is the tool I have been looking for :)

[@Lenoca2009]

Very cool, I loved this!

[@Imcv45]

Sin preciosas sus fuentes Son tan tranquilas sus clases y muy cuidadoso con los detalles Me quedó por largo rato aprendiendo todos los detalles y con cuidado leyendo, aunque no sé mucho inglés, pero salgo adelante. INFINITAS GRACIAS POR TODO LO QUE NOS ENSEÑA

[@Cate7451]

Wow loved the finish! Thanks!

[@ntombizodwajoyce8931]

I love your video ❤️ your work is wonderful

[@RoosKohn]

Thanks Bill, I always feel so peacefull watching your videos. The result looks very promising.

[@BrokenArrowPottery]

Beautiful! As always love watching you work. And Oh my Lord! it is gorgeous glazed!

[@lucilleoka]

The platter is lovely.

[@lesliepease3988]

This is a wonderful tutorial about beautiful bowls. I find my bowls wobble when I drape... how do you prevent wobbles?

[@alphonsechanekayebone7871]

Beautiful plate..

[@doriscurrie5899]

Beautiful!!

[@tricialee5]

Nice video on your platter process. Very interested to see how you finish the bottom of the platter: foot? flat? other?? Thank you.

[@rainbowbullstudioschristyl9582]

This is so great. I love your using the roller n also it is hard to watch the work you are doing when all I am doing is watching what your cute doggie is doing!

[@user-yg6ft1iu1i]

Thank you. Always enjoy seeing you and your work

[@lovedoingcraft2266]

Beautiful. .love it. .thank you for sharing. .cheers. ..

[@alenagigoux617]

Hola. Gracias por compartir tus conocimientos. Quería preguntarte si el rodillo es de goma espuma. Muchas gracias desde Argentina.

[@mattmurray778]

We love you! Please more videos!

[@AngieS71]

Excellent video

[@zoecarpenter5439]

when you use an oval topped mold how do you create the flat bottom on the platter. thank you for the great videos

[@janhickling428]

you make it so simple thank u

[@RayMrRobert]

Beautiful Bill

[@irenegrubbs7392]

Your videos are wonderful. Having just the music is relaxing and helps me focus on the motions needed to get the forms right. Occasionally, I can't see the tool you're using b/c the text covers it. I'm familiar w/ most by name or the parts I can see, but sometimes it might be helpful to show an unusual tool w/ no text or anything else blocking it. Great learning tool. Keep it up! Thanks! Loved the dog in the background!

[@carolynsnyder7043]

Wonderful video as always. Thanks Bill!!

[@florencewiley523]

Lovely, Bill. Thanks for sharing.

[@heididerksen8227]

Hello wondering what clay you used to make your molds and you bisqued fire them to come 08 right.

[@maritzasaivay306]

Beautiful!!!! ❤❤❤

[@mikeu5380]

Hi from northern Japan. Thanks for teaching us the technique you use. I am curious about the glaze... a kind of oribe (織部)?

[@Diver923]

is there a video of the the bowl finished with glaze?

[@MarkoVegano]

Thanks for the tip. I was wondering if you put a foot or how you made the bottom flat. Thanks.

[@carlosmartinez4563]

thank you for everything you do, but I have a clay problem, In the process of drying the clay mold, the mold cracks in some parts, what am I doing wrong? thank you very much for your help

[@frankyensan]

Do you allow the slab to set up a bit before working it onto the form?

[@BillvanGilderPottery]

I don’t let the slab stiffen up at all, Frank. It gets roiled out, smoothed, trimmed a bit & immediately put onto the mold. Allowing the slab to set up would make the pressing difficult. B.

[@frankyensan]

@@BillvanGilderPottery thanks for the response. I have been struggling with warping on square plates made in this same manor. I have found that allowing the surface to tension just a bit reduces that issue. What you are doing sure works for you!!!

[@joyfulthings1]

your videos are always so informative and the end result is outstanding - shape, texture, color - a beautiful platter. thanks :>)

[@lori3978]

That was really cool to watch. Although I would have loved to see the glaze process. 👍👍👍

[@screamingmimi90]

Laurel Ewing he can’t give away the house.

[@lori3978]

Okay. 🤫

[@screamingmimi90]

Laurel Ewing I just mean a lot of ceramicists are secretive about their glazes and processes.

[@sobersportsman]

Love the guitar

[@doriscurrie1813]

Beautiful, I love this

[@silviamonica3959]

Perfect!💕💕💕💕

[@ginaiannucci]

So relaxing and beautiful to watch!

[@samerd7055]

Thank you so much for sharing us with this wonderful handmade

[@gretchenarnot4311]

Beautiful

[@mccarthyhome]

Is that ozzie in the background. Looks adorable!

[@vickichavez5167]

Very nice

[@jackiemorrison2661]

Amazing

[@nirmalwatson503]

How do you get the clay slab off the mold without it forming cracks due to shrinkage as it dries?

[@mrohmiller1098]

Cool! Love how they turn out, glazed!❤️

[@HrishikeshHaldankar]

Love the music too

[@dsprao5388]

I like this video.

[@reginacelesbentodaluz766]

Maravilhoso você. Trabalho em fenomenal

[@jacquikerr-bell7850]

Astonishing!

[@ashcancomicspub.6147]

Very nice! So... how did you get that glaze effect at the end. I learned a ton from this video, but now I want to know more about the glazing process:)

[@micheledickey4066]

Whenever I try this with a decent size slab I always get some folds near the rim!! What can I do to prevent that? Is the clay too thick? I feel like if I put it on too wet then the texture will get pushed out.

[@vincentismycat]

Hi Bill and everyone coming across this video. I am interested in this cloth that everyone is using. what type of cloth is this? Thanks in advance for the answer and Merry Christmas!

[@leannethormahlen4252]

How do you release the piece from the egg shaped mold you are smoothing and forming the clay over? What type of material is the mold and does it allow the clay to release easily?

[@johannaschneider9029]

I wondered the same thing , can you please answer?

[@hongkyungelizabethchoiesq.8930]

Wonderful,ul,

[@dolcevita76]

Where is your hake brush from

[@joyceeberner]

Great video! One comment: Separating from Form, was an Important step & should have been included. Can you do a short video or just explain technique. Thanks!

[@mccarthyhome]

Does drying them inverted prevent cracking at rim and warpage?

[@saheliartsbysakeyjaleel4163]

Helpful tips,👍

[@PLWPatti]

It would be nice to see you finish the bottom, was a coil or feet used on it?

[@wilma-gv9ff]

Elegant!

[@vanessagreene4457]

Would love to know how you made the bisque mold!

[@stephenyoung6635]

Beautiful platter! Did you add a foot ring or feet?

[@reginaoppenheim4683]

Fantastic!

[@freddiemoretti8456]

Nice looking platter! Do you bisque fire or raw glaze these? Thanks for sharing!

[@محمدكامل-ب2ط8ق]

Fantastic... can you tell me what is the ingredients of the douph. Please

[@sharonmartin5251]

How do glaze the flat bottom?

[@marisayoung8670]

Love the potato peeler.......

[@CCiappa]

Hi how do you remove bowl from mold without damaging the piece ?

[@gableyoung2304]

Great video, but I would have liked to see how you removed the piece from the slump mold. I've always found that to be a tricky process.

[@ceramicartistoflight-lee6375]

멋진 작품 입니다

[@Twobirdsbreakingfree]

Something doesn't add up here; these clay slabs formed over a curved surface crack like crazy as they dry, but the slab in the video didn't crack at all. Also, the slab should have stuck to the mold and been impossible to remove. You didn't put clingfilm or anything else to prevent sticking.

[@BillvanGilderPottery]

Hi, Twobirds, It’s all about letting the slab dry to the leather hard stage on a mold / form that’s less than a 45* angle. A slope of more than a 45 & the slab will crack as it shrinks. As it’s drying & shrinking it releases itself from the mold surface… hence, no releasing agent used.

[@Twobirdsbreakingfree]

@@BillvanGilderPottery interesting, but for a curved or hemispherical form it wouldn't make sense to talk about a particular angle, right? In that case would it not be the degree of curvature of the surface (i.e. the larger the radius of the hemisphere, the lower the degree of curvature) that determines whether you get cracking or not as it dries? You said also that the clay pulls away from the mould as it dries and shrinks, but this has me confused, as for the hump mould i was under the impression that the clay would be tightening onto the surface of the mould as it dries and shrinks because it's contracting inwards (as opposed to a slump mould where the clay pulls away from the surface).

[@PeggyHoffman722]

Thanks Bill :)

[@cloudstudios9741]

How is the bottom finished?

[@sherierodrigues1569]

Beautiful my dear, perfect piece of art. You are a master craftsman. Sherie Rodrigues from Australia. Merry Christmas to you and your family. 🌟🧡

[@Imcv45]

Ese regalón peludito que veo debajo de la mesa Será posible si lo presenta en la pantalla y nos dice su nombre

[@auntducks]

do you add foot rings?

[@victoriabeatrizacosta991]

Me hubiese gustado que mostrara cómo fue que desmoldó!!!

[@vickyrogers6488]

Bill, will you please share where you got that wire knife? I have searched high and low on the internet and can't seem to find one. Great video and a very cute dog too. He is a video bomber for sure.

[@MarkoVegano]

He sells them on his website. I bought one with a replacement wire from him. It is one of my favorite tools.

[@viccimayayo7993]

great video. love your platter and your cute dog. thanks for the tip of the low nap paint roller. Where did you get that long blade tool for smoothing out the clay? Thanks for the video

[@cloudstudios9741]

You can get tools like that for finishing dry wall.

[@JohnSmith-fw2et]

Do you sell any or many of your pots? I so where ? I’m finding it’s difficult to actually sell pottery, it’s become such a wallmart world. Making pots and selling them are two very separate things

[@susanbang1077]

John Smith, look Bill up on Google. He is a master Potter, quite quite famous. And yes he sells his work 😉

[@rtgroffjr]

Look for a pottery guild in your area, and join. Guilds usually have pottery sales once or twice a year, and t!he people attending really love pottery. You can also get some good advice on selling in your area at guild meetings. Google craft shows in your area, apply and get a booth. Unless your pottery us really good, it's hard to get into a gallery. Expect to fork over around 40% of the purchase price to the gallery on any sales. Selling art is hard and takes persistence!

[@5grandbabies]

Why do you dry them on the rim? Won’t they cave in

[@KaransPotsAndGlass]

drying on the rim helps things to dry uniformly- to prevent cracking and warping. When it is leatherhard as he notes, it will not cave in!

[@marggo807]

Maravilhoso 👏👏

[@mahdi05dz]

Can you give us a clay dough recipe?

[@neerodtrefies]

💜💜💜😊

[@BearHillsPottery]

I have to ask. How did you make such a uniform oval hump mold?

[@elisabethmilk6413]

💖💯👏

[@aydantuncay2498]

👍👏👏👏

[@MyHouseOnTheMoon]

*potato 🥔

[@KArenCollier-y6z]

too slow.....lost interest

[@1317832]

Beautiful