[Now she sits at the wheel and starts to kick it, with the spin slow at first. She shows Randel her hands: relaxed, flat, fingers straight out, and as the wheel spins and the lump of clay turns slowly, she gently taps at the clay so it's nicely rounded and centered even a bit better.
Once this is done, Hange dips her hands in a bowl of water, set to the side.]
Now I kick it a bit faster, see?
[She cups her hands around the lump of clay, so it's wet too.]
Heels of hands together - elbows against your sides - this is called a plow forward. [Her hands make a V shape, where they touch at the heels is the point.]
It's not wiggling or off center so now squeeze up - it's like a cone, see? Cut off the tip with your thumbs and flatten the whole thing out... I'm gonna - gonna get slower, here, we're going to start putting in the hole... I know this is going fast, are you following me?
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[Now she sits at the wheel and starts to kick it, with the spin slow at first. She shows Randel her hands: relaxed, flat, fingers straight out, and as the wheel spins and the lump of clay turns slowly, she gently taps at the clay so it's nicely rounded and centered even a bit better.
Once this is done, Hange dips her hands in a bowl of water, set to the side.]
Now I kick it a bit faster, see?
[She cups her hands around the lump of clay, so it's wet too.]
Heels of hands together - elbows against your sides - this is called a plow forward. [Her hands make a V shape, where they touch at the heels is the point.]
It's not wiggling or off center so now squeeze up - it's like a cone, see? Cut off the tip with your thumbs and flatten the whole thing out... I'm gonna - gonna get slower, here, we're going to start putting in the hole... I know this is going fast, are you following me?