Danielle ~ The Clay Lady - Pottery Trimming Tutorial

Danielle ~ The Clay Lady demonstrates techniques for proper trimming of pots.
The Clay Lady's Studio is a 3,000 square foot educational facility located at Mid-South Ceramic Supply Co in Nashville, TN designed to encourage all facets of clay creativity. Offering classes in low-fire, mid-fire and C/10 gas fire, we have 3 separate studios dedicated to pottery, hand-building, and sculpting. The studio holds 16 wheels, 7 kilns, a full size slab roller, extruder, and a full array of Opulence Glazes as well as tools and supplies for any endeavor. The Clay Lady's Studio offers four sessions per year of day and night classes for adults (view the Workshops page for opportunities for ages under 16). If you can't make an on-going class, we also offer One-Day Weekend Workshops for skills building and enhanced technique. All classes are taught by nationally-known, professional clay artists. Groups are invited to contact us for educational tours and field trips of our facility. www.theclaylady.com

[@vannotenc]

Learned so many tricks! You are a wonderful teacher, thank you ❤

[@joysmith1213]

Danielle you rock! You are such a good teacher, not leaving out important details and you name things so cute, makes it easier to recall. Thanks so much I was finally able to throw a cylinder tonight because of your instruction, thank you thank you!

[@danielletheclaylady]

I am so glad Joy! Come see us if you are in Nashville!

[@rosewagner4018]

Great tips! Thank u!

[@christinewrestsmith6957]

Love your delivery, clear, concise and well paced without any background noise or distractions, very informative, thank you so much. Subscribed and saved.

[@shabnamkhaja5639]

You are a wonderful teacher, the attention to detail is impressive. I learned a lot from you. Thank you

[@patriciabailey3208]

You explained all the processes clearly. Thanks so much for all your videos.

[@beestone]

Best trimming tutorial on youtube. Sharing with my students!

[@cathyklim1328]

thank you so much for explaining the process you need to go through BEFORE the actual trimming takes place

[@cola_bear]

Spectacular video! I learned so many tricks from this, and your calm explanations are some of the best I’ve ever seen. Truly excellent! I’m very impressed

[@AgustoRadaCosta]

Thanks "claylady" the best tutorial on pottery for new potters, very helpful keep up the good work.

[@bonniedemarchi7684]

Excellent tips! I have doing pottery for years and trimming has been hit or miss. I will definitely implement your instructions. Thanks

[@kathyfrost1043]

Love all your videos! Happy to have found you.

[@TheGoombros123]

Um, I love you! Thank you, wonderful informative video

[@TariHuffaker]

I am always looking for techniques for trimming, This is wonderful. Thanks so much.

[@maryannhooper4869]

Thank you for by far the most helpful and thoroughly explained trimming tutorial I've found.

[@laurasherret1531]

Thank you so much...... trimming will be so much more fun now!

[@GRAFFITIgirlSPLASH]

Thanks so much for this tutorial! It helped me bunches! You really have a talent!

[@milliebaek5350]

Thank you so much for detailed explanation. I was keep having problems with uneven depth of foot rings and now I know why. It was levelling. All of my instructors told me about centering the pot but no one mentioned about levelling. I look forward to see more of your videos.

[@christinewrestsmith6957]

Millie baek me too...!! Such a help to level.

[@Vsmithpots]

This is a very good instruction video for my beginners pottery class.

[@barbaradevine3637]

Thanks, starting pottery class end of Sept. Your video help will at least teach me the language of pottery

[@kathyfrost1043]

Your so cool!

[@johnonorgan]

you are GOOD thank you

[@pseudonum5161]

Awesome - thanks for explaining - I am just a beginner:-)

[@mariacalderon4943]

Best teacher among all youtube potters!!! No doubt. One question Danielle, if as you say, I push a very thin thumbtack or a very thin needle on the inside of the pot so that I know when to stop trimming, will the pot leak once baked or is the whole so thin that it will get closed when shrinking and with the glaze? Thank you so much!!!

[@danielletheclaylady]

As long as you burnish the bottom it should be fine!

[@pippretty4922]

This is amazing. I really want to learn how to do pottery. Hopefully in the new year I can start learning. I really want to get a potters wheel even if I don’t have a kiln just so I can learn my skill… Do you have any recommendations for an inexpensive beginner wheel? I’m sure you’ve been asked this 1 million times or more… Thanks for your wonderful tutorials!

[@danielletheclaylady]

My teaching studio is on Campus with Mid-South Ceramic Supply Company. We sell wheels, kilns, clay and more! Check it out: www.midsouthceramics.com.

[@bryn4647]

skip to 6:55 to get to the actual trimming

[@Maher-]

The left over after trimming, can we reuse it?

[@danielletheclaylady]

Yes, if you re-constitute it!

[@katiakatiakat]

what's telephone book paper?

[@radudelacluj]

Old phone book (remember yellow pages or white pages?), paper is very thin ...

[@ernie-zm7xq]

Lordy, yes, I echo MaryannHooper. I am just beginning and if the instructor doesn't give an adequate explanation as to WHY something is done, I am not happy. Gotta know why.