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  • Introduction

    • After a lump of clay has been centered on the potter's wheel, it must be opened up and the base formed. This tutorial will discuss this opening up procedure as well as showing you what to do when things go wrong. Much like this video, it goes over lots of little details about how and why certain things are done. In this detailed guide, we're going over one thing, and that's how to open up the lump of clay and form the base. A centered lump is our starting point.

◄Step 6: Dealing with Lines and Adjusting Thickness
►Step 8: Different Techniques for Opening

  • Step 7: Correcting Off-Center Clay

    • 7.1
      If you don't use enough support on the outside as you're pulling out to form the base, there is a chance you'll lose control, and the walls on the outside can start to wobble.

    • 7.2 If you pull the walls too far out, they'll begin to overhang the initial lump we designated at the start when centering it.


    • 7.3 But just like you can center the clay at the beginning, you can also recenter the clay at this stage.

    • 7.4
      I do this by collaring the walls in either side to gain back control.

    • 7.5
      When I open it up again, I make sure I have my fingers clasped firmly around the outside to keep the walls stable as the base is formed.


    • 7.6
      If the walls are undulating really badly, I'll wet my hands and then tightly grasp the wall, like so, forcing the wet malleable clay back to being centered.

    • 7.7
      My fingertips are tense, and my forearm is resting on the plastic wheel tray, and I'm focusing on my fingertips and hands staying perfectly steady, as if the walls were wobbling like they were when you started this process, then of course the pot that you throw thereafter will have these same undulations, as any discrepancy at this stage will just become more exaggerated as the walls are pulled up thinner and higher.


◄Step 6: Dealing with Lines and Adjusting Thickness
►Step 8: Different Techniques for Opening