The Ultimate Pottery Handle Pulling Guide

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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