How to Attach Pulled Pottery Handles: Part 2

Video Transcript

"In the last series, I attached a handle to the mug by pulling it right off the mug. One of reasons why I like that is because it has a nice flow to it. The other that handle you could do, which is a very good handle to do for beginners. As I showed you before, I pulled that handle and I let it dry for a little bit. Now I'm going to attach it to here. This handle is a little bit rough and it's not going to necessarily fit there perfectly. I'm going to trim that a little bit. I'm going to trim it with an angle. I'm going to put my knife down below and bring the knife up and towards me. Then I can put it on there. I'm going to do that with some slip. Put some slip right there so I have my marks. This is the best handle to do if you're a beginner. One of the things I'm noticing is that I'm getting a bit of cracking in there. That's because I probably let it dry a little too much. So I'm going to smooth that out and I'm going to just see if that's going to work. That's going to work fine, but you can just smooth that out. I'm going to put that up against there, put it against my belly. Then I'm going to wiggle it on."