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Pinching the Walls of a Large Clay Pot

Pinching the walls of a large clay pot thins out the thick sidewalls. Pinch the walls of a large clay vessel using pottery wheel techniques in this free ceramics video.

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So, I'm going to throw this pot a little on the thick side because it's going to be thick through and through. It's just not going to be thick on the bottom. There's a difference. Because, I'm going to alter it. So, what I'm doing I'm just pinching and I'm throwing against with my right hand and I'm pinching with my left. All the while coming by and flattening that down. Alright. And, the majority of the clay is down there at the bottom. We want to get it up here in the middle. Because, eventually and you want to always just keep kind of I like to bring it in like that. Whatever works for you? Then, get down there. You want to go down to the bottom here. You want to do some other major pulls here. You just want to establish the bottom. And, from here we're going to pull some more clay out.

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Pinching the Walls of a Large Clay Pot

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