Supplies Needed:
- SIO-2® PRAI - White Stoneware Clay with Impalpable Grog
- Rolling pin
- 1/4” measuring sticks
- Plastic salsa bowl mold
- Needle clay tool
- Activ-Tools: Clay Tools Set
- Sponge
- Water bowl
- Activ-Tools: 10 inch Diameter Clay Sculpting Wheel
- Plastic bag
- Feet Sprig
- Mid fire glazes
- Brush
Step 1
Clay Slab
Roll out a 1/4” slab of clay using a rolling pin and measuring sticks.
Step 2
Mold
Place the plastic salsa bowl mold upside down on top of the clay slab.
Trace around the lip of the bowl using a needle clay tool.
Remove the excess clay from around the mold.
Lift the clay off of the work surface and gently push it down into the mold.
Step 3
Wall
Roll out a 1/4” thick strip of clay.
Cut a rectangular piece of clay that is a 1/2”W and is the same diameter as the rim of the mold.
Add some water to the rim of the clay circle shape using a wet fingertip.
Add the clay rectangle on top of the clay circle.
Smooth the seam together between the two clay pieces using the modeling tool.
Smooth out any bumps with a damp sponge.
Step 4
Leather Hard
Allow the clay to stiffen to a leather hard state. Gently remove it from the mold.
Add additional clay into the cracks of the outside wall of the bowl if needed.
Smooth the outside seam together using the modeling tool.
Smooth any remaining bumps using a damp sponge.
*NOTE: Use a Clay Sculpting Wheel to aide in the process.
Cover the bowl with a plastic bag and set aside.
Step 5
Feet
Use a feet sprig to create the bowl’s footed base.
*NOTE: This mold can be found at: https://www.ceramicsuperstore.com
Take a lump of clay and press it into one of the slots in the feet sprig.
Remove the clay and repeat the process two more times until a total of three feet are made.
Score and slip each foot onto the bottom of the clay bowl.
A thin coil can be rolled out of clay and wrapped around each foot to secure it to the bottom of the bowl.
Step 6
Dry
Allow clay to fully dry. Drying time will vary depending on temperature and humidity.
Step 7
Bisque Fire
Fire the clay bowl in the kiln to cone 04.
Bisque: Cone 04 (1915ºF)
Step 8
Glaze
Apply glaze to the bisque bowl according to manufacturer’s directions.
*NOTE: These bowls were glazed with Mayco’s Stoneware Gloss glazes.
Step 9
Glaze Fire
Fire the glazed piece in the kiln. Follow manufacturer’s firing guidelines.
Firing range: Cone 6-10 (2269º-2381ºF)
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