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#27 Mistakes when pulling the clay
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On this episode of Shaping Your Pottery we talk about the mistakes that happen when pulling the clay.
There are two types of mistakes when pulling the clay Outside forces and Inside forces
Outside forces are what you can't control like how hard the clay gets or airbubbles
Inside forces are what you can control like the speed of the wheel
The more you limit you mistakes the more success you will have!
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Transcript
Introduction to Pottery Skills with Nick Torres
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If you love pottery and want to take your skills to the next level, you're in the right place. Find your own pottery style right here on Shaping Your Pottery with Nick Torres. Let's get started.
Common Mistakes in Pottery Pulling Techniques
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What is up my pottery shapers and welcome to Shaping Your Pottery with Nick Torres. In this episode, I'm going to be talking about some of the pulling mistakes that happened when we were making pottery.
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Now mistakes while pulling they can be something that is outside factor but is also it can be inside factors. So let me start with an outside factor and outside factor is
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Your clay can be too hard, so it makes it very difficult to center. It makes it very difficult to do anything. I recommend beginners to use a little bit softer clay so that way they aren't having a hard time really doing anything. Another outside factor is frickin' air bubbles. Air bubbles are the worst. I will tell you this right now, they absolutely suck, because you don't know when they're gonna pop up, and you can wedge your clay as much as you want sometimes, and it just won't happen. They'll be air bubbles.
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Another thing is there will be some pieces like maybe some wood in your clay. It happens sometimes. We find all sorts of things in our clay and when that happens you can either try to muscle it out and try to deal with it
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or just a much quicker option, just get a new piece of clay and start over. That is usually what I do, but that is up to you if you really wanna make something.
Errors in Speed and Pressure Application
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So now, what are some actual technique mistakes? So the first thing is, again, it is going too fast. Going too fast is way, way worse. It's so worse. You're gonna really make mistakes if you're going too fast.
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And if you go too fast, it is not good. So we have to learn to slow down. Slow down first now so you can go faster later. Another mistake that a lot of
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people make while pulling is that they're not pushing putting enough pressure on the outside hand and the inside hand they just kind of let it they barely put enough pressure and you can barely see it moving going up so you have to put pressure you have to find your pressure sometimes you may fail but sometimes you may you may not you have to find your pressure that works for you so another mistake is
Importance of Posture and Arm Control
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that their arms are too loose they think that because the centering is done i don't need i don't really need to have the same posture but you do you need to have that same posture you need to be firm with the clay always even sometimes when you have to lift up your elbow your elbow was still locked in it's still not moving it's still not floppy arms so don't be floppy arms
Challenges in Shaping Wide Clay
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And the last mistake that I see a lot is that they let the clay get too wide. They're not coloring the clay into a cylinder. When it gets too wide, it becomes too difficult to work with. And that's how a lot of, again, mistakes happen. And then you don't get a shape that you want. So those are the four mistakes that usually I see.
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We hope you enjoyed this episode of Shaping Your Pottery with Nick Torres. Do you have questions about pottery that you'd like Nick to answer? Send them to us on Instagram at Nick Torres underscore pottery. We'll see you next time.