The Ultimate Pottery Handle Pulling Guide — A Beginner's 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. Thanks so much for taking your time to watch, I appreciate it. 📖 • ORDER MY BOOK: https://geni.us/bymyhands 🏺 • You may also be interested in my 'A Beginner's Guide' series, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2WJhtTF0eGhQwf8g2LHcom_KrvJpH_JT 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 • Find out much more via the link below! https://linktr.ee/floriangadsby • Get in touch here: https://www.floriangadsby.com/contact • 💌 • Sign up to my newsletter here: https://www.floriangadsby.com/newsletter