Video: Forming Clay for a Luminary

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Clay pottery requires patience and detail with every tool you use to hand craft your piece. Learn about clay forming tips that you will need from a pottery expert to create a luminary in this free video clip.

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A really good, fun project to do on the wheel is to make a luminary. And this one is just bisqued, it hasn't been glazed yet. But basically, you can cut anything out that you want. Any shape, form, whatever. Leave a little bit of room down here so that you can put a candle in there, and as it glows, you'll see that form but the wax won't pour out the bottom of the luminary. Now, you can do these in any size. I mean, you can start at three quarters of a pound and go up to luminary big enough for a large outdoor candle. Whatever you want to do. In this case, I'm going to use about a pound and a half to make one that's a little bigger than a mug. I find that to be a nice household size. So you want to weigh out your clay to the weight that you're looking for and once you've got it weighed, you want to pat it into as round of a ball as possible and now you're ready to go throw on the wheel.

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Forming Clay for a Luminary

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