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Published Nov 21, 2025

Thrifty Plates: How to Use a Thrift Shop Plate for a Slab Building Mold

Thrift stores are a perfect source for molds for the clay studio. They almost always have a wide selection of plates, platters, and bowls in all shapes and sizes to choose from. You just need one secret ingredient to make sure your clay doesn't stick to the mold: Pam Cooking Spray! 

In today's video clip, an excerpt from her Workshop from Home Webinar, Carole shares how you can easily repurpose old dishes for molds. The best part is, the as the mold gets yuckier with time, it also releases better! –Jennifer Poellot Harnetty, editor

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This clip was excerpted from Workshop from Home with Carole Epp, which is available on CLAYflicks.

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