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Summary: Finish off handles on a ceramic herb planter by smoothing out the seems and cleaning up fingerprints. Learn how to finish off 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
"Alright, so now I'm on the other side, and I'm just taking clay and I'm moving it and pushing it and moving it into this piece here. Making it all one. Alright, just like that, and just like that, and that, and like that. Give it those, the same curves that the pot has itself. If the handles are on the same page, the whole thing's going to be working together and it's all going to be, and design wise you want it all to be on the same page. Otherwise this piece could look awkward or stupid, or boring, and you don't want any of those things going on with your ceramics. You want it to be cool. There's already enough awkward ceramics out there. There we go. So, now that those handles are melted into the pot, we can go just put a little design work in here."
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