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10 Pottery Trimming Tips Every Potter Should Know. Stop Ruining Your Pots!
By MW Ceramics
- Type
- Video
- Level
- Beginner
- Length
- 26 min
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2026
About this lesson
Ten practical trimming tips covering clay dryness, centring leather-hard pots, tool angle and avoiding cutting through the base.
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