what's a platter?

[miles_hot]

I know that this seems like a daft question but what defines a platter - I know it's got to be thin but does any soft of bowl shape (dish) rule it out; does a foot rule it out; etc?

Many thanks

Miles

 

[Bodrighy]

A platter should have a flat bottom basically. At our club if there is the slightest curve in the bottom it is disqualified. Apart from that I think it is a matter of personal opinion.

Pete

 

[thomvic]

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/platter

 

[gnu]

Essentilally it is a large shallow round or oval dish intended to serve food on.

 

[Blister]

The requirements for a PLATTER will be disclosed 1st March :wink:

 

[miles_hot]

The requirements for a PLATTER will be disclosed 1st March :wink:

That's the sod of it, I'm finally in a position to get ahead and avoid the normal rich / pressure and I can't because I'm in ignorance

 

[miles_hot]

A platter should have a flat bottom basically. At our club if there is the slightest curve in the bottom it is disqualified. Apart from that I think it is a matter of personal opinion.

Pete

By bottom do you mean the bit that touches the table?

 

[duncanh]

The requirements for a PLATTER will be disclosed 1st March :wink:

That's the sod of it, I'm finally in a position to get ahead and avoid the normal rich / pressure and I can't because I'm in ignorance

I thought the spirit of the competition was that the item be produced in that month so that everyone has the same potential time on it

 

[Bodrighy]

Inside the dish, you can have a rim, big or small, and a curved part but the bottom of it (according to out club rules) must be flat across. Outside usually matches the same shape. Maybe Alan will have a different criteria though so I'd get his before you make one for the competition. LOL.

Duncan has a point there.

Pete

 

[cambournepete]

Your club rules sound very strict
I don't see what's wrong with a little bit of curvature in the bottom of a platter, but then I haven't made many.

 

[Bodrighy]

They are I suppose but it saves all sorts of arguments as long as you abide by them. There are at least a dozen turners with more than twenty years experience between them including several pros so the quality of work is pretty high.

Pete

 

[Jacob]

Your club rules sound very strict
I don't see what's wrong with a little bit of curvature in the bottom of a platter, ...

Surely it's obvious - curvature on the inside turns platters into "hollow forms"! That wouldn't do at all. :roll:
Still some way to go to be technically "urns".
:lol: :lol:

PS Could someone kindly disclose to me the requirements for an "URN", as the dog died recently.

 

[myturn]

I thought the spirit of the competition was that the item be produced in that month so that everyone has the same potential time on it

It takes me a whole day to make something that a pro will make in an hour and make a lot better, some of us need a head-start

As to the original question, a Platter is Flatter, simple!

 

[mike s]

I thought the spirit of the competition was that the item be produced in that month so that everyone has the same potential time on it

It takes me a whole day to make something that a pro will make in an hour and make a lot better, some of us need a head-start

As to the original question, a Platter is Flatter, simple!

that is EXACTLY my problem. im a perfectionist when it comes to bowl/platter shapes so it takes me 2 times as long to get a curve im happy with