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Summary: Size handles for a ceramic herb planter to ensure they are proportional to the piece. Learn how to size clay 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
"O.k., now that we've got, somewhat there, want to pull these really thin, because I like these handles to be nice and thin. So, I give it a couple more pulls like that, put it down on your board, take some knuckles to it. Why not? Better than not having knuckles marks in there. Alright, now that we've got, got that, I need it a little thinner up top here. So you want two even pieces. So you can kind of eyeball it you know. So let's take it off here, here from there, and I'm going to take this off, because it's a little fatter than the rest of it. So here we're going to use these and we're going to make our little, our little handles."
eHow Article: Ceramic Herb Planter Handle Sizing