We've had lots of requests for a covered butter dish. This article will show the process of making and producing a new form - the butter dish.

The first step is to get some butter for size. We're going to use the small frilly tray as a base and then make a cover to fit it.

The first step is to make a model. A shape like this is easier to make out of plaster than clay. We start with a sheet of plaster the correct thickness. We measure the tray and butter and then cut the plaster to form the sides, ends and top.

These are then joined together, smoothed and shaped with sandpaper to get the final form. Small imperfections in the plaster are filled in (the red color in photo).

After a final wet sanding with very fine sandpaper we give the size a final check. The completed model is then thoroughly dried.