How To Make A Ceramic Tray

Place the tiles or plates in a plastic bag and seal it.

How to make a ceramic tray.

Make sure the wood piece is straight and has clean smooth sanded edges. Wine cork serving tray. Measure the inside of the tray and cut the decorative paper to size. The kind folks at jeffery court supplied all the beautiful material to make this tray.

Arrange and glue the tiles. I made this ceramic tile serving tray diy at haven my yearly blogging conference. This prevents any scratches on your table or countertop. A tile of your choice 4 6 felt pads 2 drawer pulls or knobs for smaller trays clear gorilla glue sharpie ruler.

In the plastic bag carefully break the coffee cup or teapot making sure to keep the handle intact. Euromaxx diy makes. In today s video gail demonstrates the unconventional method she uses to make handbuilt serving trays and platters with what she calls faux feet using soft slabs. You can also apply a second layer and add some photos fabric scraps etc.

Ceramic serving tray ceramic tiles and or plates ceramic teapot or coffee cup plastic bags hammer trowel. I knew i could order 9 tiles and have just enough room for the grout. With a hammer carefully break tiles into small jagged pieces. The idea is to cover the egg carton with a layer of clay using the egg carton as a mould.

Arrange your tiles on your tray. Seal the tray found on prudentbaby. My tray was 13 x13 which worked out perfectly for the 4 x4 tiles. You ll want to do the math and figure out how many tiles and what size tiles work best for the tray you re using.

Here s what you need to make a ceramic tile serving tray. Now position the piece of wood back in the center of the oval. First paint an old tray in a color you like. At this point you can put plastic cling wrap on the egg carton to create a barrier between the clay and the carton.

My tray required a piece of clay of at least 8 inches by 14 inches. If you still have not enough christmas gifts but love the look of mosaic tiles here you ll learn how to make a beautiful tray with them. On the longer tiles i did use 6. I love the low tech simplicity of this method all you need is a slab a coil and your hands plus lots of practice to make it work with such soft clay.

Turn your tile over and place a felt pad on each corner of the tile. There were many make and takes to work on but i was captivated by this one.