Creating a Textured Slab Platter from a Bamboo Tools Adjustable Octagonal Mold

In this video, I demonstrate how to roll and texture a slab, and slump it into a wonderful wooden adjustable octagonal mold from Bamboo tools. (Mold was sent to me from Bamboo Tools) This awesome mold allows you to adjust the length of the sides, to give you practically limitless versatility in size options. Based on the size of the platters I am making and my claybody, I recommend a slab about 3/8" thick. (For my students, that is the YELLOW slab sticks) If you are shrinking down the platter size, 1/4" would be fine.

In the video, I use laguna b-mix cone 5 clay, and I show a platter with Coyote Rootbeer Glaze- cone 6.
In the video, I use the Bamboo Tools adjustable hexagonal mold, the texture roller, and the measurement canvas.
Link to Bamboo Tools Website:
http://www.bambootools.com/
The MudTools ribs are my favorite ribs- in this video, I use the yellow and red ones. (And a huge green one) Here is a link to the mudtools ribs:
set of 6 red ones: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
yellow baby rib: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
red baby rib: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
I am a high school visual arts and ceramics teacher at William Mason High School in Mason, Ohio. I have been teaching for over 25 years, and have been working in clay since 1986 when I took my first ceramics class in college! I have an Etsy shop where I sell my personal pottery which I make at home. www.etsy.com/shop/KaransPotsAndGlass
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Also, here is a googledoc list for Amazon links of my FAVORITE tools I use within my videos:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X...