Butter dishes are some of my favorite things to make. They are more work, for sure, than something like a bowl or a pitcher, and I probably don't charge enough for them - but there's a deep satisfaction in making such a functional form beautiful and doing it well, so the oval lid fits the oval tray without rocking.
I do sometimes throw the pieces & then stretch them into ovals, but just as often I will build it out of slabs. I did this for my classes last week, and took photos:
It all starts with the lid. I roll & cut (and compress! but that should go without saying by now) a slab to 17" long by 3 inches wide. This will make a tallish butterdish - taller than necessary, so if you prefer a lower profile you could make it 2.5" or even just 2".
Stand it up on its edge in an oval shape, overlapping the ends by about an inch or a little less.
The interior space should be 6.5" in the longer dimension. It can be a little bigger, but no smaller...[Read more]
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