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Summary: Stretch out the rim for your ceramic herb planter by pinch the sides and opening up the clay. Learn how to stretch clay walls 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
"Okay now we've got, I've got it going all the way down to the board there. Going to start stretching this out, so if there's anything on your wheel head you want to get rid of it. Alright so just stop a problem before it happens, that's the best way to do it in ceramics. So clean up that wheel head because you don't want that stuff getting in the way once we start dragging this across the bat. Alright and I've left a bunch of clay up here for our rim. So we just want to take a loaded sponge, and my hand's pinched around the base of this thing. A little more water, just like that. And holding the rim, just start stretching it out like that. And if it starts flaring out, you just want to go back, straighten it up. Maybe take some clay from the rim and start bringing it back there like that. Alright."
eHow Article: Ceramic Herb Planter Rim Stretching