With the wheel going again at a moderate speed, we're going to use our wood trim tool with the curved edge, to, at the three o'clock position, to hold it like a pencil and then draw a...

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Okay now that we've got the bottom established, get it a little wet, pinch it in, alright? I'm going to start grabbing clay from the bottom, slowing throwing it up and even. Alright?...
Alright now that we've got a nice clean wheel head here, this nice centered piece; just start doing a plunge. So you're going to take your thumbs; just plunge it down almost to the...

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With the wheel spinning at a slow to moderate speed because we're working n the outer edged of the form and the slower speed will give us more control. We again wet the top of the platter and...
Alright, now that we've got our handle right here at this stage, it's nice and thick, you can go and put it on a nice clean part of your work table. Just wrap some knuckles around it,...

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Alright so now we take this tool; we use the bottom end and we start removing any clay that may be down on the bottom that really doesn't need to be there. Alright; like that, take your hand...
How to Make a Mai Tai. California bar-owner Trader Vic handed this concoction to a Tahitian friend in 1944 who took one sip and proclaimed, "Mai tai, roa ae," or, in English,...
Alright, now that we've got our nicely wedged wad of clay what I like to do if I'm going to make a bunch of mugs, beer steins, a bunch of anything that's about a pound and a...

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