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Summary: Prep clay for a ceramic handle by forming it into a carrot shape. Learn how to prep clay for handles with tips from a master potter in this free ceramics video.
Chris Cook received a BFA in ceramics and sculpture from Southern Oregon University where he studied raku, studio ceramics, stoneware, and various firing techniques under Jim Romberg....read more
"So this is always a good thing to do with your wear board. You can use it to just to flatten things out and give it, give it a different look. So this has been thrown, assembled and altered and we're ready to put a handle on it. Better grab my clay and we just need a little bit of clay. We're making a tiny little baby handle. So you want to get your, you want to get your prep ready for the handle like this. You get the little wad of clay and start doing it like this. No big deal. Well just get it like that. All right get it kind of looking like a carrot and you got something to hang on to. Something to pull. I'm going to show you how to pull this."
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