Ensuring all surfaces were clean and covered with paper (as due to the white colour of porcelain, dirt is picked up and very visible, I rolled out several slices of ming porcelain clay with a roller and some guides to make sure that the thickness was consistent with each slab. Then using a square cutter I carefully pressed into the clay to cut out a square piece of clay. Removing the excess clay, I picked up the square slab and placed it on a board to dry. Unfortunately I wasn’t aware that porcelain has a strong memory and from when I lifted the slabs up to move boards it remembered how much I bent it so once dried, they were curved and very much not straight. To solve this problem in the future, I will place a board on top the drying slabs to ensure they dry flat.
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