Your Hands Already Know What to Do. They Just Need to See It Again.

There is a reason every good throwing teacher demonstrates the same thing more than once. It is not because you weren't paying attention the first time. It is because the body learns differently from the mind. The mind can understand a process in one pass. The hands need to see it again — and again — before something clicks. This is the third video in the Throwing Essentials series, and yes, we are back at the cylinder. The same fundamentals: centring with body weight, pulling up with your core, staying out of your own way. But this time the focus is on my hands. Where they are at each stage. How they move into and out of position. What they are actually doing — and just as importantly, what they are not doing — as the clay rises. We finish with a smooth, classic cup form. Nothing fussy. Just a clean shape that lets you see the whole process from centre to completion without distraction. Watch it once and notice the hands. Watch it again and notice your own. Part of the What the Clay Teaches playlist - throwing instruction filmed live at Il Baciarino, a ceramics studio and agriturismo in the hills of Tuscany, Italy. New to this series? Start at the beginning. 🌐 www.chandrarice.ca 📷 @chandra.rice