Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Trimming the mugs and making sure the clay is in the RIGHT condition.
- How soft should the clay that's being pulled be?
- HAND POSITIONS
- How much pressure to use & pulling the blanks
- Segmenting off the individual handle blanks
- The orientation they're attached & the desired cross-section
- Flaring out the end of the blank
- How to attach the blanks to the cups
- How to avoid two common pulling errors
- How to arch the handle down & join it to the body
- Pulling the grooves in the back of the handle
- Don't overwork the clay
- HOW TO DRY THEM PROPERLY
- How to use wax to prevent cracks
- Pulling a handle that's TOO large
- Pulling a handle that's TOO small
- Pulling a successful handle with no edits
- Trimming away smeared clay on the base & rounding the rim.
- Clean up
Taught by
Florian Gadsby