Slab to Table: Handcrafted Platters (3 Session Workshop)

Love pottery and entertaining? In this 3-session experience, you’ll create your own unique serving platters (2)—starting with slabs of clay and ending with two beautiful, functional pieces ready for your table.

Choose from a variety of forms, textures, and tools to shape your design, then finish your platters with your choice of glazes and decorative details. Hands-on and creatively fulfilling, this workshop is perfect for anyone who wants to bring handmade artistry to their table.

Session 1: ~3 hours, July 8, 6:30 – 9:30 pm

Extrude slab
Condition slab (compress and flatten surface, flip onto cloth, compress and flatten second side)
Cut to shape and add textures
Transfer to your choice of plaster forms
Shape into/onto plaster forms
Leave to harden overnight, becoming “leather hard” so that it can be finished and embellished.

Session 2: ~2 hours, July 9, 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Remove from the plaster form
Finish edges and surfaces
Sign your pieces (stamped initials or scribed marking)
Add embellishments (handles, decorative additions, indentations, and other markings)
Leave to fully dry and be fired in the next bisque kiln.

Session 3: ~2 hours, July 29, 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Wax bottom
Stain indentations (optional)
Spray coat base glaze
Spray coat accent glaze (optional)
Brush work (accents and patterns)

Your pieces will be fired in the next glaze kiln, within approximately 2 months. Date TBD

$280.00 per person + 13% GST

Register Here: https://www.queenstonpottery.com/events/slab-to-table-handcrafted-platters/07-08-2025