Dana Drake of Om Pottery at March 11, 2018 meeting

Textured rollers and stencil making
(Clay Network Meeting 3/11/2018 hosted by Dana Drake of Om Pottery)

• choose various sizes of 1/2” smoothed edged boards in the size of the dish that you would like to make, eg: 3” X 6”
• on an 8.5 X 11 inch piece of paper, lay the board directly in the center and trace around the board
• now fold the piece of paper in half, and then half again
• the tracing of your board will be visible (a fourth of it)...you will then want to cut around the tracing of the board pattern to create a template (similar to making snowflake designs like we did when we were kids)
• open the template and see that you now have a template to lay on your slab to cut out that will then fit your pre-selected board (texture if first)
• roll texture onto your slab using textured roll pins (you can texture both sides)
• place your textured slab onto a piece of foam...PRESS down on to your textured slab with the board into the foam and VOILA! You just made a beautiful dish!

Dana suggested the following sites for more information regarding texture rollers and such:
www.etsy.com/shop/AlgisCrafts
www.vangilderpottery.com/online-store

She recommends VanGilder’s textured block set, as well as the sponges
www.joann.com/darice-foamies-foam-roll-36inx60in-white