Building a Slab Pot Stage 2
Once the main body of the pot is constructed the next stage is trim the base flush with the wall of the pot. There will be a faint join line which will need to fill in an made good.
Once this is done then the feet need to be considered. I have several pre cut templates for different feet and this is the one I am going to use on this pot
Once the feet have been cut offer them upto the pot and mark out where they are going to be positioned… 
Then attached them to the pot…
Trying in holes can then be cut into the base of the pot
Then the base of the pot is cleaned up and now looks like this.
Kathleen on 15 Sep 2007 at 4:11 am #
I found this really useful and helpful.
I’ve just tried to make my own first bonsai pots: after paying nearly $40 for a set of three! I decided its got to be cheaper to make your own!
I used the slab method, but used another pot as a drape mould: and the results are so so.
But you’ve just reminded me of the ‘leather hard’ stage of clay: which I’d forgotten. Brilliant. I’m going to try this method straight away.
Any tips for the best type of clay: I’ve got a bag of terracotta: it bisque fires to a nice earthy red, but is very smooth: your glazed pots looked like they contained a bit of grog…….
Andy Pearson on 17 Sep 2007 at 9:38 am #
Hi Kathleen
There are no tips really for the best type of clay although if you have a clay
with more grog in it it will shrink and warp less than more elastic clay.
Personally I always go for a clay with grog in it. The coil pots in the Coil thread
is very very groggy and shrinks very little.
Thanks for looking
Regards
Andy