With all the cracking of the plates using the moulds, I decide to throw the plates as I think they will be stronger. The compression of the clay in the throwing process makes the clay more compact, tighter and stronger. The use of the mould was really to get a consistent plate shape, so that the variation in the plates came as a result of the clay itself and less so in the variations inherent in throwing. So here goes...
It is going pretty well at the point above, but the rim starts to fold down too much (below), so ...
... I just fold it up to reuse the clay. Throwing the plates is pretty quick...
... so shortly I have 3 plates in made from Clephanton clay.
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