Pulling Clay to Make Vase Walls: Part 1

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Part of the video series: How to Make a Vase on the Pottery Wheel

Summary: Pulling the clay on the pottery wheel is how you form walls on your pot, bowl, or vase. See how to pull clay to make vase walls on the pottery wheel in this free ceramics video.

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By Chris Cook
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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

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"OK, now that we've got as far down as we want to go established, we want to just bring this in. We want to always, whenever you're throwing anything, always want to keep, mostly anything, you always want to keep your cylinder moving like this because it's going to want to go like this. So if you can just stay one step ahead of what it's going to try to do, even something as basic as this flower pot here, or this vase. Just go ahead and grab some clay from the bottom, alright? And squeeze it, gently pull up being very even then I can press down. You can even go in there and check to see how even you were. Nice and even. Pull it in, compress down, and then we're going to go in for a second pull. And with that second pull, we want to start adding a little bit of shape."

eHow Article: Pulling Clay to Make Vase Walls: Part 1