Alright, then! The next steps are I'm going to push down in the middle. That'll open the bowl's mouth, and then I'll pick up some of the excess clay, which you don't necessarily have to do, and give the bottom a push...
[Hange kicks the wheel along as she talks.]
And then you'll more or less be done!
[Hange starts up the process as described, using her thumbs to start opening a hole in the cylinder of clay she's coaxed into being, and then coaxing the bowl's curve higher and a little thinner. At the last step, Hange picks up a wet sponge that she prepared and set to the side and pushes firmly down on the bowl's bottom.
Then she puts her foot against the spinning lower platform, and carefully letting the wheel halt with gradual loss of speed.]
What we have now is a bit crude, and there's more you can do, but you're a beginner, so just try this basic handling right now.
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[Hange kicks the wheel along as she talks.]
And then you'll more or less be done!
[Hange starts up the process as described, using her thumbs to start opening a hole in the cylinder of clay she's coaxed into being, and then coaxing the bowl's curve higher and a little thinner. At the last step, Hange picks up a wet sponge that she prepared and set to the side and pushes firmly down on the bowl's bottom.
Then she puts her foot against the spinning lower platform, and carefully letting the wheel halt with gradual loss of speed.]
What we have now is a bit crude, and there's more you can do, but you're a beginner, so just try this basic handling right now.