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Choose a piece of pottery clay about the size of a golf ball or tennisball.
Roll the piece of clay between your hands or onto of a covered table, until the clay is formed into a smooth, round ball.
Push your thumb into the center of the ball of clay to form an indentation and turn your thumb just a bit to form an even hole. Leave the bottom about a 1/4 of an inch thick.

Put your thumb inside the indention you made, and begin to pinch the side of the pot out.

Turning the pinch pot as you go, keeping the sides as even as possible.
When you have gotten the pinch pot walls to the desired thickness, gently press the bottom of the pot on the table to achieve a flat surface.

This will keep your pot from rocking back and forth.

Once you have gotten the shape that you want set it in a safe place to completely dry usually three to six days depending on the humidity and thickness of the piece and fire it to Cone 06. After it is fired you can paint and seal it, or glaze it, but if you glaze it, it will have to be fired again.

Have fun and Enjoy

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There are signs that pottery and ceramics are losing appeal for a younger generation. There are pottery and ceramic departments closing in teaching institutions throughout the country. The common understanding is that younger students are reluctant to commit themselves to the intensive study required to master pottery and ceramics. Why spend three years to learn just one art form when you can pick up PhotoShop in less than a week? Pottery wheels lie idle as students flock to the computer labs. With all the stressful actions in the world today, releasing that stress through pottery and ceramics would be very beneficial to ones well being.