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Summary: Shape handles for ceramic herb planters by cutting down prepared clay. Learn how to shape ceramic 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
"I'm checking out where these handles will want to go. I'm thinking they'll look good over these little thingeys going on over here. Just go and put a little scratchy there, little scratchy here, another one over here, another one over here. Eyeball it try to get it, these two, about the same. That's about it, check it out, "ooh" yep. They're the same. Alright, now, this is where you just want to be nice, don't touch the, the front side of it, and what we're going to do here, is attach our handles right there, and right there. Want to make sure that our hands are nice and clean, because we'll make marks all over our nice little handles that we pulled."
eHow Article: Ceramic Herb Planter Handle Shaping