Ceramic Bowls: Finishing Up With the Wheel

Video Transcript

"O.k. now we've; we've completed the basic form shape of the bowl, we've measured it so that we can make another one just like it and the final thing you're going to want to do is just dap up any excess water that's inside of the; if, if we leave any water inside there during the drying process it'll dry unevenly in there and you'll, and you'll crack the bottom of the bowl. The last thing that we want to do is take this wire tool and draw it underneath the bowl; you want the wheel to be moving just a little bit while you're doing this otherwise you'll pull a chunk of clay out of the back end of the, of the bowl and it'll be; the trimming will be very difficult so you just kind of want to move it slowly and draw the wire underneath it keeping the wire taught in your hand so it slides against the bat and doesn't go up into the pot, and now you're ready to move onto the next bowl."