A Detailed Guide to Making Pulled Clay Pottery Handles

Here's perhaps the most detailed guide I've ever made for how I pull these handles. A process that usually takes me about a minute per handle but explained in far more detail here. Hopefully every section of the process has been covered but if I have missed something, please do any questions you might have in the comments below.
Timecodes:
0:00 - Introduction
0:30 - Preparing cups
1:23 - Trimming cups
3:26 - Checking the cup for the right consistency for handle attachment
4:12 - Cup cross-section
4:44 - Preparing the clay pulling block
5:36 - Tools used
6:02 - Pulling handle blanks
9:32 - Storing handle blanks
10:51 - Scoring and slipping
11:20 - Preparing handle blank
12:05 - Attaching handle blank onto cup
13:03 - Blending top join
13:41 - Pulling handle
15:15 - Discussing drying
18:05 - Wrapping up pots
19:25 - Final check, quality control
20:23 - Pots en masse
20:51 - Finished examples
Thanks for watching and I'll catch you soon with a new upload.
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[@user-xu8mu4op3i]

I am a 29 year old young man living in Korea. I'd like to call you teacher. Recently, I have become interested in pottery, so I am learning from a local teacher. Everything else is being studied online, and your feedback on videos and Instagram seems to help me and water the flower of my dream. I hope these guides will continue and I will continue to watch and like them. I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you. I think there will be some awkward sentences because I use a translator. I will also study English hard. Thank you.

[@RoseFarrell]

Hi Florian - as a beginning potter I find your videos absolutely excellent as the level of detail is exactly what a beginner needs!! The extent of your generosity with sharing your skills and time is inspiring - a million trillion thanks 😊

[@ryanrehm224]

I hated pulling, debated just getting a extruder. But after watching this and other videos of yours, I was able to not only get it figured out, but also do it much faster. Thanks for your informative and well done videos!

[@jwsykes7628]

I needed this for a mental pep talk. I have so far avoided all handles. This excited me a bit to try! Thank you

[@austinnagel6603]

Thanks for the advice. It is all thanks to you that I got a full scholarship. Thanks for all the advice.

[@designed_by_nina]

Your videos are always so pleasant as well as informative

[@floriangadsby]

Thank you - that really means a lot, appreciate you taking the time to watch!

[@janab6660]

Amazing. The cups look perfect. And so thin!! Love them. Thanks for the video.

[@astarfish2752]

I love watching your videos while I work, they're so relaxing!

[@AJohnson0325]

Simon Leach has a wonderful video on pulling handles too. I vastly prefer hand pulled handles. I like to see the signs that it’s hand-made object. I also have a jig that I made to get the curve just right and it accounts for shrinkage too. I’d recommend making one if you’re having trouble getting your handles just right.

[@ragnkja]

Besides the look, the pulling process aligns the clay particles, making the handle stronger.

[@glennp5872]

Really enjoyed your handle pulling video you make it look so effortless

[@ragnkja]

I’ve heard that pulling the clay for the handles aligns the clay particles to make it stronger, which is always useful when making something breakable.

[@fionaarnold9485]

Amazing ! 😍 giving me motivation to keep on learning pottery! Watching from Switzerland x

[@atelier_du_peyron]

Thank you Florian! Very helpful!

[@steffie1692]

omg 72k subs! road to 100k woohh 🥳🥳🥳

[@floriangadsby]

Slowly getting there, a few months away yet! 🎉

[@scotlandforever6032]

74k

[@chamistik]

great video as always!! for me as a a self taught potter you really give out GREAT information. Thanks!

[@chompers11]

holy smokes wild stuff, thanks

[@floriangadsby]

Wild indeed. Thanks for watching!

[@vilmavalanciunaite]

Thee love you have for your art is incredibly inspiring

[@mustaphataleb-bendiab7178]

Excellent

[@martinpanev6651]

Absolutely beautiful video, Florian... I have failed with this technique so many times and this video is really clear in showing how to do it... I am heading to handle my mugs now! (Edit) How exactly did you make your touchmark/makers mark? Was it sculpted or carved? Or is it something else :D

[@floriangadsby]

Thank you Martin, it's a tricky technique and it really took me some real trial and error until I started to get handles that I really liked. It's like throwing I guess, or anything for that matter, just takes some persistence, but it's worth it for the natural, flowing handles that can be made. Good luck with them!

[@madhulohchab8244]

Nice sir, what's a Talent👍👍👍👍

[@gonchar396]

Отличная работа 👍 Нужно много терпения 💪

[@TheJlb527]

has anyone ever thought while he's making these cups and the final product is shown you say, "Hey that's my cup he made right there!" lol i dont know but anyways keep up the great work.

[@somethingorother5782]

wat

[@thereisnotomorrow2]

I love your videos. Could you teach how to make identical pots or mugs? Clearly it's one if your best amazing strength. Also, don't you get bired throwing the same shape?

[@sandybaham8389]

Perfection!

[@user-xu8mu4op3i]

Thank you!

[@derink8523]

Hello Florian, thank you for the videos, pretty sure I watched everything, some multiple times. When I tried pulling so wet right on the cup, they always sag drastically after attaching them. I was wondering if you had any tips, perhaps the clay you use has more grog and body.

[@nancythomas9719]

I am getting ready to make a set of dishes for my daughter and would like to know the measurements you throw you cup to. Thank you!

[@umme07866]

So therapeutic

[@alexrains1893]

Excuse me Florian, regarding your Spinner gifted to you from Richard Carter. Have you considered or do you think it would be possible to create an 'offest' spinner that still spun concentrically with in a range of say 5mm? What I am suggesting is even if you didn't put it in the precise centre, it would still be centred and not require centring. I feel like such an object could save valuable seconds that would really add up when making large batches of repeated shapes. Just a thought and would love to know what you or your community thought.

[@alishabhate8109]

Absolutely love watching all your videos! Which wood do you use to dry your stuff? And for trimming, the Chuck that you used, is it like a hollow structure?

[@isaiahkepner8078]

The chucks are solid

[@lenicebatista157]

Oi , lindo trabalho! Por gentileza qual temperatura de sua argila?

[@ranjitsreeram]

As always watching you work is enriching, thank you sharing your knowledge every week. I have a question, what's the height of those 200 grams cup?

[@floriangadsby]

Thank you very much for always taking your time to watch, they're long videos! So I appreciate it. The cups are thrown to 9.3cm tall by 9cm wide.

[@JoseHernandez-tc1kl]

Once you put the handle on the cup and you do your second pull are the other cup handle have the same dimensions or the same length?

[@austinnagel6603]

Hiiiii again I start classes tomorrow. Do you have any advice.

[@floriangadsby]

Be persistent! Make lots. Don't be precious about the pots you make at the start, as you'll only get better as time goes by, especially at the start. Good luck and thanks for watching as always, Austin.

[@NBilel-os8fw]

Could we know the type of clay you are using?

[@keramikarishtana]

👍👍👍

[@SajiSNairNair-tu9dk]

How to maid it? 🤔

[@robertgladney2019]

For next week watch this video.

[@user-oh7qt5vb2l]

I would like to purchase a couple of the chucks that are used in your video. can you send me Richard Carter's contact info?

[@mahientertainments1176]

Where's clay please tell me

[@chompers11]

yea where did you get that clay?

[@mahientertainments1176]

Telangana jagityal