Ceramic Clay Work Surface

Sculptors often stick their wad of clay to the work surface so that it stays in one place.

Ceramic clay work surface.

Or you can use the smooth surface to give a glossy surface to your clay after baking. Clay will stick to or leave vast smears on most surfaces. Common examples are earthenware porcelain and brick. The simplest wedging surface is a piece of canvas.

Though it is possible to work from a taped down sheet of wax paper or plastic wrap if you plan to work with polymer clay extensively you ll probably want to find a more permanent work surface. The most common are plaster plaster covered in canvas and plywood covered in canvas. The brightly colored flat craft foam that has become so popular for children s toys puzzles and crafts makes a wonderful work surface for handbuilding. A ceramic is any of the various hard brittle heat resistant and corrosion resistant materials made by shaping and then firing a nonmetallic mineral such as clay at a high temperature.

You can make window clings by drizzling liquid polymer clay onto a ceramic tile and baking it directly on the tile. Every potter needs a surface to wedge clay on and there are many different types. For this reason it is best to work on a piece of sturdy canvas such as a mid to heavyweight cotton duck. Other possibilities are concrete granite masonite concrete board and hardibacker board.

The closed cell foam is about 1 8 inch thick and doesn t leave a texture on clay so the larger sheets are great for rolling small slabs on a slab roller.