Make: Volume 74

Matt Merkel Hess, Adobe Stock - Vjom, Caleb Kraft

To make your baking

dish, roll out about

5lbs of clay into a

⁄"-thick slab, then

press the slab over

the plaster positive. Try to use one single slab of

clay to cover the entire mold, so you don’t have

a crease inside that needs to be cleaned up.

Smooth the clay and press it onto the mold, so

that you get every detail of the plaster. Do your

best to keep the thickness even throughout. Then,

add feet (Figure

H

) or a footring so the baking

dish will sit evenly in the oven. After the clay has

dried a bit and can support itself, carefully remove

the clay from the plaster (Figure

I

).

Next, dry the ...