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Forming Clay for a Goblet

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 goblet in this free video clip.

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OK. Now we're going to do goblets. You can do goblets and chalices in a number of different sizes and shapes. You can sort of do whatever you want with these. The similarity between all of them is that you're going to throw a cup and you're going throw a stem separately. These are two separate pieces you'll throw this, this way, attach them together and then trim them. So it's a multi-step process. For this particular one, I'm going to use three quarters of a pound for both the cup and the stem. I've found that about the same amount of clay for the cup and the stem is usually pretty good. Unless you want a really tall stem, in which case you might want to get more clay for the stem itself. Right on three quarters, so I'll take that piece for one. Need to add a little to that one, three quarters. So now we want to take these little pieces and ball them up, set them in our bucket for throwing. And now we're ready to throw the pieces for our goblet.

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Forming Clay for a Goblet

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