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Turning leather-hard pots

A steel loop tool shaving curls of clay from an upturned pot.

Trimming a leather-hard piece refines its shape and lightens the foot. The clay is firm enough to hold its form yet still soft enough to cut.

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

Source: en.wikipedia.org

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

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