Clay Slab Rolling Pin

Outfit your ceramics studio with essential equipment from blick including kilns pottery wheels pug mills clay slab rollers and rolling pins designed for rolling clay into slabs of a uniform thickness for hand building projects some slab rollers can be mounted to or stand on a table or other work surface where space is limited or projects are smaller in scope.

Clay slab rolling pin.

Conventional wisdom states. Wooden rolling pins silicon rolling pins mini rollers tools for rolling slabs hardwood rolling pins for handbuilding falcon tools. However rolling a larger even thickness slab with a rolling pin gets a bit tricky as the length of the rolling pin becomes the limiting factor. Most of our rolling pins are made out of solid maple wood which is then sanded to a smooth finish.

For larger slabs using a slab roller is the way to go. X research source in some instances you may need to place two sticks on top of each other on either side of the slab to create a thicker slab of clay. Then roll the rolling pin over the clay making sure that each end of the rolling pin is resting on the dowel rods. You may find that a large rolling pin will do the job for you just as or nearly as well.

1 12 rolling pin 3 24 x 24 canvas 4 pair hardwood slats 1 needle tool 2 piece canvas set for 30 inch slab roller. Find low prices today on clay slab rollers from brands like northstar shimpo ceramics and the popular slabmaster 30 inch slab roller. If the slab is too long to fit width wise in the roller when rotated roll across the width of the slab with a rolling pin using very positive even aggressive strokes. Slab rollers and rolling pins.

Rolling pins are great for rolling small slabs. Another great way to make even slabs is to use a rolling pin and some dowel rods as thickness guides. The rolling pin will lay across the sticks which will cause the clay to roll out to the exact thickness of the sticks. When using a slab roller care must be taken to avoid creating a grain in the clay.

Clay roller 2 pack acrylic rolling pin rolling clay bar clear perfect ceramics clay pottery craft tool for shaping smoothing modelling sculpting 1 x 1 x 8 inches 4 0 out of 5 stars 135 9 99 9. They are best used with the thickness strips to produce a consistent girth. Rotate and flip the clay a few times as it is being rolled. Set one dowel rod of the desired thickness of your slab on each side of the clay you are rolling out.