How to Make a Handbuilt Textured Ceramic Hors D'oeuvres Tray Using Just, Your Hands, a Lump of Clay, a Spring and a Sponge A Simple Handbuilding Technique with Elegant Results Mark Peters

This week’s video is an oldie but a goodie. It was filmed at a Potters Council workshop in Kansas City a few years back, and in it, Mark Peters show us how to make a lively textured hors d’oeuvres tray.

Mark is so good at taking a simple idea and the most basic of tools – a lump of clay, a sponge, and a stretched-out spring – and turning it into a loose, yet elegant piece of pottery. Have a look and then give this one a try! – Jennifer Poellot Harnetty, editor

Like this technique? Mark Peters demonstrates a slew of similar projects in his DVD Lively Forms and Expressive Surfaces, which is available in the Ceramic Arts Network Shop!