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IV Craft, clay and kiln · Plate 009

Pulling up the wall

One hand inside and one outside a tall clay cylinder on the wheel.

Pulling raises and thins the wall of a pot in several passes, one hand inside and one outside. Each pass makes the form taller and more even.

This is a general description, not confirmed to a single source.

Read about it: From a lump of clay to a fired pot: the wheel, the drying shelf and the kiln →

AI-generated illustration in the manner of the tradition, not a photograph of a specific object.

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