Video: Forming a Clay Toothbrush Holder

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After opening up clay to form a base the next step in forming a clay toothbrush holder is to form and pull the clay up. Learn how to do this correctly from a pottery expert in this free video clip.

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So now that it's open, the first thing I'm going to do is take just a little bit of this clay from the outside. I'm compressing with my right hand and pushing down with my left index finger. This little bit here is going to end up being the flange that holds the base of the toothbrush. Now I'm not going to finish this out yet, I just want to make sure that I've left clay there. Now I want to go ahead and push down with the right finger. And make sure that that's about a quarter of an inch. That's about right. And now I can pull up the walls of the center part of the toothbrush holder. So first I'm going to push in with my right hand and once I've got a little bit of a pinch going, I can take my left hand and pushing it together with my left thumb underneath my left index finger. I'm compressing with my right hand and squeezing the sponge when I need water as I pinch and pull up with my left. And now I'm going to do that again, but this time, I'm going to take a rib and I'm going to push that base in so that the base here is not too thick. And once I've got this started I can go ahead and pull this up and lay out the edge for the flange.

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Forming a Clay Toothbrush Holder

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