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Making a Clay Handle Lug

Clay pottery requires patience and detail and making a lug for a clay pitcher handle is a great detail to learn. Learn this clay forming tip that you will need from an expert to create a pitcher in this free video clip.

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Okay now, if it's going to be a pitcher not only does it need a spout, it needs a handle as well. And I'm going to show you how to do that. The first thing you want to do is make your lug. This is going to be a blank for the handle itself. You want it to be shaped a little bit like a carrot. So you're going to take it, you want it to taper a little bit to start. That's going to make it easier when you get to the actual pulling. But it's good to just kind of bang it into about the width that you want the actual handle to be. Because you don't want to have to pull too much clay out. And make sure when you're banging it that you're keeping that taper. And you can also kind of squish it to get that shape that you're looking for. Now very important, you want to take the end and give it an upward angle. That's very important. And now we're ready to attach it and pull it.

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Making a Clay Handle Lug

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