Paddling a Pinch Form: A Quick Demonstration to Alter A Form

This video is for my Ceramics II students as we are making Lidded Pots for our Raku project. This is kind of an extra video thrown in to help the kids making their pots. You can find the rest of the videos on the pinch lidded pots playlist here:    • Lidded Pinch Pots- (Ceramics II Raku Pots)   In this video, I show using a paddle to STRETCH the clay in the direction you want it to be pulled, whether that is toward a corner, or to lengthen it. Clay should never be paddled straight in, but always stretched in the direction you want it to go. We are using Standard 153 stoneware in our class for this project rather than our traditional raku clay body, to simplify the clay bodies they are dealing with should students be working from home while quarantined. For the great tools I used in the video (including the mudtools ribs and needle tools) check out this link to a live Googledoc I continually update with lots of my favorite tools on Amazon using my associate links! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X... I made this video for my Ceramics II students at Mason High School. I am a public high school ceramics teacher at William Mason High School in Mason, Ohio. (Mason is currently the largest high school in Ohio!) As a potter, I have been working in clay for over 30 years, and I have been teaching for over 28 years, the past 20 have been specifically teaching high school ceramics. I love what I do! I have my own studio in my home basement, where I work on my personal pottery for my Etsy site; https://www.etsy.com/shop/KaransPotsA... I started my Youtube channel a few years ago, to make videos to help my students if they are absent and miss a demo, or if they would like to explore more advanced techniques independently. I have been amazed to reach such a wider audience than my own students! Please subscribe to my channel if you would like to receive channel updates, or would like to learn more about clay and studio processes!