oval slab lunch plate – Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis https://www.gillianmcmillan.com Thu, 13 Feb 2014 03:49:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Using the cheese-cutter https://www.gillianmcmillan.com/blog/2014/02/12/3979/ https://www.gillianmcmillan.com/blog/2014/02/12/3979/#respond Thu, 13 Feb 2014 03:35:49 +0000 http://www.gillianmcmillan.com/blog/?p=3979 Today I needed to make two more oval lunch plates so I thought I’d take photos to show how I use the new cheese-cutter. To make a clear story of the process I’ve assembled the photos into a Picasa album. If you click on this link you can watch a slide show. It might inspire you to throw some forms for making plates yourself.

https://picasaweb.google.com/112208740085943894765/MakingOvalSlabLunchPlates

If you think you might like to have a cheese-cutter like the prototype Steve has made for me, let me know.

The plates I’ve made for the Arts Centre were actually thrown – that’s still obviously the simplest way to make a circular form. It also allows me the chance to leave extra clay underneath to turn a smart foot. As I mention in the captions to the slide show above, it is possible to attach a thrown or coil foot to a slab plate the next day.

I’ve been sent a photo of my donated flower vessel as it looked for the Gala Art Auction for Port Moody Arts Centre recently. Wonderful fruit! I gather there was a plan to add more greenery to the lower level but there wasn’t time. Anyway somebody bought it! It’s all for a good cause. They’ve already started ground-breaking for building the Atrium and moving the Appleyard House to its new home next to the Arts Centre.

 

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