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  • Introduction

    • After a lump of clay has been centered and the base formed, the next step in the process is pulling up the walls of the pot and doing that is the topic of this tutorial in which I'll discuss how to pull up the walls alongside showing you any tips and tricks I have together with showing you what to avoid to hopefully get your throwing to a point where you can quickly, evenly, and confidently pull the walls up on the pots you're making. It’s worth noting that this tutorial won't go over centering or opening up and forming the base of your lump of clay as I've already covered those topics in great detail in the two previous tutorials. Both centering and opening up the clay correctly are undeniably important parts of this process and if you attempt to pull the walls up on a pot that's centered poorly or opened up incorrectly you'll only make this next step of pulling the walls up all the more difficult. So let's begin.

◄Step 2: Beginning the Pull
►Step 4: Intermediate Pulls

  • Step 3: Maintaining Consistency

    • 3.1
      This is not a process you want to rush, as if you move your hands too quickly or spin the wheel too fast, you may impart various thicknesses into the walls of the vessel, which then makes the walls themselves uneven and more likely to collapse or twist.

    • 3.2
      After each pull, I take a moment just to compress and neaten the rim, which I do by squeezing it from either side and by pushing down with my index finger.

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    • 3.3
      For my next pull, this is when I get a lot more height out of the cylinder.

    • 3.4
      Now the walls are a bit thinner, I can begin to      manipulate them in a slightly different way.

    • 3.5
      I always wet the region I'm going to work on.

    • 3.6
      I push my knuckle into the bottom of the pot, and with my fingers on the inside, I push them out slightly above where my knuckle is pushing.

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      • 3.7
        The gap you leave between your fingers dictates how thick the wall will be as you pull it up.

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      • 3.8
        Often I'll see beginners pinch all the way through the wall, creating a hole in their pot.

      • 3.9
        That happens if your fingers actually ever touch, as it means you'll have pierced a hole in the walls of your pot.

    ◄Step 2: Beginning the Pull
    ►Step 4: Intermediate Pulls