Article · The Clay Hole
How to Pull Walls on a Pottery Wheel Without Collapse
By Dan Pearce
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
About this lesson
Studio owner Dan Pearce breaks down pulling walls into the offset-hand squeeze point, wheel-speed and elbow-bracing setup, and a three-pull maximum, then diagnoses the specific errors that make a wall fold over mid-pull.
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