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Repeat the lift to thin and raise the wall, still
Pinch and lift the wall between the fingers and thumb of maintaining the cylinder shape.
your right hand. The shape will look cup-like as you do It’s essential to keep the top of the form narrow to
this. Maintain the left hand in position on the opposite prevent the shape getting out of control but at the
side of the wall as you lift, to keep the clay to centre.
same time maintaining the fat rim.
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Change the position of your hands to pull the wall
upward to a cylinder shape – left-hand fingers on the inside,
the tips of right-hand fingers (or side of the knuckle) on the Remember to compress the clay at the rim after each lift
outside just above those on the inside. – pinch the rim gently between your fingers and thumb, at
Raise the wall straight to half its height in this first lift, the same time resting the forefinger of your other hand on
leaving a fat rim at the top. the rim and applying gentle pressure. .
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