Hand building four large serving platters for beginners and advanced potters.

[@CosyCeramicSheila]

Very nice Vaughan and thank you for this tutorial. Hope you will show those platters when they are glazed. 👋 Sheila

[@Vsmithpots]

Yes I will later in October in a kiln unloading.

[@Liseliselpottery]

Thank you so much for sharing your tutorial on platter making. Although this was so much more than the making of a platter… I learned so many tips and tricks! Thank you again. 😊

[@Vsmithpots]

You are welcome.

[@deborahh8672]

I am only four years into my pottery addiction and still learn something every time I watch one of your videos Vaughn! YOU are an amazing potter and an absolute joy to watch and learn from. Thank you!

[@lisaa323]

Very informative and mesmerizing as always, Mr. Vaughan. Love watching your videos and appreciate you sharing your time and talent.

[@Vsmithpots]

Thanks

[@nutmeg-s3h]

what a wonder, you work with such neatness (in its original meaning and the more modern meaning too) I would be so tempted to get in there with my fingers and mess everything up! Huge thanks for this , many useful tips and pointers. The trays are a delight.

[@loreliemiller628]

What a great tutorial on making platters, now it feels doable for me to try! Thank you! Your tutorials are awesome!

[@Vsmithpots]

Glad to help.

[@aprilwoosley1342]

The beginning when you talked about getting your slabs square was great advice. Maybe you could make a shorter video on just that so we can find it again later when we're looking for just that. I've watched lots of your videos before and couldn't remember which video I had seen this part on and had to go back and search through all the watched ones again just to find it. Thanks for sharing your awesome advice, work, knowledge, and space with us.

[@Vsmithpots]

Thanks I will call it Square slabs.

[@djreimer9744]

Excellent tutorial and delightful music!

[@kareyingalls7409]

Thank you for your great advice and expertise.

[@debramarvin]

Love your techniques!

[@carolynpollack1083]

Hi. Another great informative video. Loved it.

[@janetnerad4649]

So informative! Thank you for sharing your talents. I have learned so very much from you.

[@Vsmithpots]

Thank you.

[@KGS444]

Great tips!

[@jeffreyrobinson2155]

TA Mate I enjoyed that just learning.

[@heididerksen8227]

Well if you were 6’ you would have had made it. That’s a great tip and you always make beautiful pieces.

[@Vsmithpots]

Thanks

[@kristibbradshaw]

Gorgeous.

[@corryg6403]

Thanks for sharing

[@HoseinHosein-s4i]

Thank you !! 😊

[@margaretrowlands8162]

Would love to see them glazed please

[@carolthomas6337]

Thanks so much.

[@bethholt1517]

Do you have a video of glazed pieces? These are lovely. Great technique!

[@maestasify]

Interesting. I turn the slab after my 1st roll and go down a 1/4 inch or so at a time, and turn 90 degrees when needed. Same with rolling a round slab. I use old soft sheet material (cloth) instead of paper, therefore no slight creases from paper. I rock my hands when making coils. It prevents the coil from not being round. One can also use the scrap strips, no rolling needed. Use the strip cut sides as top and bottom of the "coil" so one has the same height all the way around the piece. Thank you so much.

[@Vsmithpots]

You are welcome, nice tips, thank you.

[@birthethastum3996]

Thank you

[@ingabjorgsigurdardottir2423]

awesome

[@lindagoesel3815]

Love watching your videos. You are such a hoot, and so entertaining and educational. Thanks for sharing your gift. Question. How much slab work do you do compared to throwing and which is your preferred method. You do superb work either way.❤

[@Vsmithpots]

I mostly throw but we do a lot of slab work too.

[@catherineblack4910]

If you put the end of the coil up on the table you could get another foot of coil, just an idea

[@rondacorkhill1654]

UGH!!! Why didn’t I think of that???!!! Lack of imagination, that’s why. I’ve been cutting halfway down and spending all the time trying to create a long slab. Thanks for pointing out the error of my ways. Smarter not harder, right???😂😂😂

[@Vsmithpots]

Those eureka moments.

[@nutmeg-s3h]

oh for the joys of a slab roller! I`m using sticks and a length of dowling....

[@RoosterPootPottery]

Hmmm, make a coil foot without the tray, fire it and you can use it to drape.

[@evyharman7476]

Why does the food not flatten? I would think it would have to dry a bit

[@Vsmithpots]

If you let it dry longer the rim will stay raised better.

[@RoosterPootPottery]

That’s bad about uline paper breaking down, it was a good way to recycle it 😂

[@RoosterPootPottery]

I found an electric caulk gun, getting ready to try it out next week