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Thinning the wall
The wall is thinned by squeezing the clay between a
surface of each hand and moving the hands (and thus the lay) upward while squeezing. You can pull clay from the outside, inside, or both sides of the clay wall, but pulling from both sides produces the best results. Customarily, the distance between your hands remains constant throughout each pull............
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