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Summary: Remove a ceramic candlestick holder from a larger mound of clay using a metal needle tool. Learn how to remove clay pieces from a clay mound 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
"Alright at this point it's good to, do take your needle; take your potter's knife and just dry it up, like I said the drier the better. This is the move here; go into where we established the bottom, let her roll and then boom; it'll just come right into your hand, no problem. All day long with that, you make them; let's make a few more real fast; I'll show you in real time how fast these things should be made. Come up; center it, pull it out; pull it in, find the bottom about there; go in make it a little wet, pull it up. And you want them to be different sizes; you don't want them all to be the same size, it would look stupid; alright. So maybe, maybe this one can be kind of real funky; bring it in there. It's got all that rough funky stuff going on there; I like it and you can just bring that in bring it out; push it down, alright. This will be the little short one, like that; keep them going like that. We can clean that up inside the bowl; we just need something to stick candles in. And one more; I need one more real tiny one; just go in there, push down and you just go like that; no problem, alright. The thing needs a little bit more character if it's going to be that small, so I'm just going to go give it a little bit of that; oop, a bit of this; find that down there and off she comes, alright. And I think that'll be good; now we're going to go and make the bowl."
eHow Article: Ceramic Candlestick Holder Removal