Project Guides
Recipes from my mud kitchen to yours.
The Slabberdashery Project Guides are a growing collection of ceramic templates, instructions, and process notes developed in the studio and shared with anyone interested in handbuilding, making, or the design process behind the work.
Follow the recipe exactly, substitute where desired, or change it beyond recognition. Measure carefully, improvise freely, and make a mess!
Garlic Roaster
Part cookware, part design experiment, mostly a great excuse to roast an unreasonable amount of garlic.
A miniature ceramic roaster inspired by the Moroccan tagine and designed to fit exactly one head of garlic.
More Projects from the Slabberdashery
Templates for your next studio session.
This guide walks you through every step to make your own ceramic pour over set using templates and a drape mold. The step-by-step instructions walk you through the process of making a 16-ounce pitcher with a handle, a pour over cone, drape mold, and the arched support for the cone. Just print the pdf and get started on your next ceramic masterpiece!
This project requires some prior experience working with clay slabs. You should have a basic understanding of attaching slabs and blending seams. Within the guide, there are also optional steps to increase the difficulty of the project by making reusable templates from craft foam that imprint textures and patterns onto the surface of your slabs.
This 21-page guide contains:
A detailed list of project materials and tools (also listed below, so that you can see what you’ll need before purchasing the guide.)
Instructions for printing the guide
Step-by-step instructions on how to make each of the three elements that make up this set, including a reusable drape mold.
Fun facts and useful tips
12 pages of templates for cutting out slabs and assembling a drape mold.
5 additional pages of design options if you’d like to kick it up a notch and make reusable texture templates from craft foam.
You will be sent a link immediately following your purchase to download the pdf guide. It’s formatted for easy printing on US Letter paper size only.
This hand building guide walks you through all the steps to make your own butter dish out of clay. It's perfect for anyone looking to increase their hand building skills or slab construction techniques. Just print the pdf and get started on your next ceramic masterpiece!
This 7-page guide contains:
-A detailed list of project materials and tools
-Instructions for printing the guide
-Step-by-step instructions on how to make a template and mold for slab building
-Instructions for constructing the butter dish
-3 patterns to use as a guide for cutting template pieces
-2 additional pages of design alternatives
You will be sent a link immediately following your purchase to download the pdf guide. It is formatted for easy printing on both US Letter and A4 paper sizes.
This guide walks you through each step to make your own taco stand, including the drape mold used to form the taco stand. It also includes alternate design options to make a taco stand with condiment holders and a shot glass holder. Print the pdf and get started on your next ceramic masterpiece.
The 21-page guide contains:
A detailed list of project materials and tools (also listed below, so that you can see what you’ll need before purchasing the guide.)
Instructions for printing the guide
Step-by-step illustrated guide on preparing your template pieces, assembling a reusable drape mold, and constructing the clay taco stand from large slabs of clay.
16 pages of templates for cutting out slabs and assembling a drape mold.
You will be sent a link immediately following your purchase to download the pdf guide. It’s formatted for easy printing on US Letter paper size only.
This guide walks you through all the steps to make your own coaster set out of clay using templates and a drape mold. Just print the pdf and get started on your next ceramic masterpiece! Handmade coaster sets make perfect presents, especially for housewarming parties, showers, and even dinner parties.
This 9-page guide contains:
-A detailed list of project materials and tools
-Instructions for printing the guide
-Step-by-step instructions on how to make templates for unique coaster designs and a drape mold for the coaster holder
-5 pattern pages
-2 additional pages of design options
You will be sent a link immediately following your purchase to download the pdf guide. It’s formatted for easy printing on both US Letter and A4 paper size.
While this guide is intended to be used with clay that is fired in a kiln, this particular project could also be made out of oven-bake polymer clay. In order to ensure the coasters are properly water resistant, a varnish should be applied to the surface of the polymer clay.
Most Popular Slab Recipe
This guide walks you through every step to make your own barware set, which includes a wine goblet, beer stein, cordial vessel, martini goblet, and cocktail coupe. Print the pdf and get started on your next ceramic masterpiece.
This project requires prior experience working with clay slabs. You should have a basic understanding of attaching slabs and blending seams. Within the guide, there are also optional steps to increase the difficulty of the project by making reusable templates from craft foam that imprint textures and patterns onto the surface of your slabs.
The 20-page guide contains:
A detailed list of project materials and tools (also listed below, so that you can see what you’ll need before purchasing the guide.)
Instructions for printing the guide
Step-by-step instructions on how to make each of the five vessels that make up this set
Fun facts and useful tips
7 pages of templates for cutting out slabs and assembling a drape mold.
6 additional pages of design options if you’d like to kick it up a notch and make reusable texture templates from craft foam.
You will be sent a link immediately following your purchase to download the pdf guide. It’s formatted for easy printing on US Letter paper size only.