The Ultimate Pottery Handle Pulling Guide

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This week I’m revisiting another old tutorial, revamping it entirely to hopefully make the complicated process of pulling handles much easier, as ultimately, it is a rather straightforward technique, but there are lots of small details, both before attaching and pulling the length of clay, and after, that make a big difference in terms of how successful they’ll be. There’s A TON of information in this video, but I hope it helps you create handles for your pots that you love.

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Timecodes:
0:00 – Introduction
0:51 – Trimming the mugs and making sure the clay is in the RIGHT condition.
5:22 – How soft should the clay that’s being pulled be?
6:17 – HAND POSITIONS
8:14 – How much pressure to use & pulling the blanks
10:18 – Segmenting off the individual handle blanks
13:01 – The orientation they’re attached & the desired cross-section
14:08 – Flaring out the end of the blank
15:17 – How to attach the blanks to the cups
18:27 – How to avoid two common pulling errors
22:09 – How to arch the handle down & join it to the body
24:58 – Pulling the grooves in the back of the handle
26:17 – Don’t overwork the clay
27:07 – HOW TO DRY THEM PROPERLY
28:03 – How to use wax to prevent cracks
28:30 – Pulling a handle that’s TOO large
28:53 – Pulling a handle that’s TOO small
29:25 – Pulling a successful handle with no edits
32:37 – Trimming away smeared clay on the base & rounding the rim.
34:19 – Clean up

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