Video: How to Cut Clay Handles

Cutting Clay handles is an art that is easily learned. Learn some tips on how to properly cut clay for handles in this free video clip.

Video Transcript

OK, we've got our extruded handle ready. And for my casseroles, I like to do kind of a decorative floral looking handle. And the way that I do that is I cut two short pieces and one long piece. And I'm just lining it up. These I'm lining up, that one I added a little length to. And now I'll line up my long one. Oh! I lost my needle. I'll cut it with this. I don't know where that thing went. OK. So now I have three pieces for each handle. And what I'm going to do is take the short pieces, fold them over my fingers and squeeze them together. Do that with both of those. And because they're very wet, you don't have to score and slip. The clay is the same consistency so it will actually stick to itself very well. And then I'll do the same thing with the larger one. But I'll just make it a little bit bigger. And then I'll go and do the other handle. Same process, just squeezing it together. You don't want to have to touch it too much because the clay is pretty wet and you don't want to damage what you're working on. So now we're ready to put the handles together.

How to Cut Clay Handles

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